VDSO Hijacking
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.014
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.014",
"title": "VDSO Hijacking",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1055/014",
"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--98be40f2-c86b-4ade-b6fc-4964932040e5",
"external_id": "T1055.014",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-14T01:35:00.781Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.706Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth",
"privilege-escalation"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Backtrace VDSO",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210205211142/https://backtrace.io/blog/backtrace/elf-shared-library-injection-forensics/"
},
{
"source_name": "Syscall 2014",
"url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/604515/"
},
{
"source_name": "ELF Injection May 2009",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150711051625/http://vxer.org/lib/vrn00.html"
},
{
"source_name": "VDSO Aug 2005",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20051013084246/http://www.trilithium.com/johan/2005/08/linux-gate/"
}
]
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ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.014 → 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--3f7f515f-25f9-4afb-becf-6247f4d6ecd2
ATTACK:enterprise:M1040 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.014
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--50565ea3-2627-44b0-8dd3-155e37d425f3