Ptrace System Calls
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.008
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.008",
"title": "Ptrace System Calls",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1055/008",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--ea016b56-ae0e-47fe-967a-cc0ad51af67f",
"external_id": "T1055.008",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-14T01:33:19.065Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.723Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth",
"privilege-escalation"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "BH Linux Inject",
"url": "https://github.com/gaffe23/linux-inject/blob/master/slides_BHArsenal2015.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Medium Ptrace JUL 2018",
"url": "https://medium.com/@jain.sm/code-injection-in-running-process-using-ptrace-d3ea7191a4be"
},
{
"source_name": "PTRACE man",
"url": "http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/ptrace.2.html"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (4)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S1109 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--73724588-5c34-48d0-b762-d0338ab17589
Mandiant Pulse Secure Zero-Day April 2021ATTACK:enterprise:M1040 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b33fd646-b98b-4ea0-8ae3-5cf0367140f6
ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.008 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1055
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b4b4c873-3a4a-4bd1-adc2-631c02ddd91c
ATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c7676864-765f-4c08-951e-fb14f35f16c1