Parent PID Spoofing

Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1134.004

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1134.004",
  "title": "Parent PID Spoofing",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/004",
  "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--93591901-3172-4e94-abf8-6034ab26f44a",
  "external_id": "T1134.004",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2020-02-18T18:22:41.448Z",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.706Z",
  "version": "2.0",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "stealth",
    "privilege-escalation"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "XPNSec PPID Nov 2017",
      "url": "https://blog.xpnsec.com/becoming-system/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "CounterCept PPID Spoofing Dec 2018",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200726110643/https://blog.f-secure.com/detecting-parent-pid-spoofing/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Microsoft UAC Nov 2018",
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/security/identity-protection/user-account-control/how-user-account-control-works"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "DidierStevens SelectMyParent Nov 2009",
      "url": "https://blog.didierstevens.com/2009/11/22/quickpost-selectmyparent-or-playing-with-the-windows-process-tree/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "CTD PPID Spoofing Macro Mar 2019",
      "url": "https://blog.christophetd.fr/building-an-office-macro-to-spoof-process-parent-and-command-line/"
    }
  ]
}

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