Malicious Image
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.003
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.003",
"title": "Malicious Image",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1204/003",
"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--b0c74ef9-c61e-4986-88cb-78da98a355ec",
"external_id": "T1204.003",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2021-03-30T17:20:05.789Z",
"modified": "2026-10-07T17:57:14.703Z",
"version": "1.2",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"execution"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Summit Route Malicious AMIs",
"url": "https://summitroute.com/blog/2018/09/24/investigating_malicious_amis/"
},
{
"source_name": "Aqua Security Cloud Native Threat Report June 2021",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220106180157/https://info.aquasec.com/hubfs/Threat%20reports/AquaSecurity_Cloud_Native_Threat_Report_2021.pdf"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1045 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1694d196-8f00-44ee-802f-274a2c566a15
Content trust in Docker · Content trust in Azure Container RegistryATTACK:enterprise:G0139 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6674eb2b-8295-4af4-b4d2-0659c15d3c71
Lacework TeamTNT May 2021ATTACK:enterprise:M1031 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7fa20508-8d9f-4070-8e8b-b71eefade05f
ATTACK:enterprise:M1017 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8f76b879-a168-4d87-b9f1-a06706d48e33
ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b7f0b1ab-3a14-4944-aee0-8abdb24707c6
ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c1c20b2c-0ae0-4ee4-863f-c82624fbcfe1