Port Knocking
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001",
"title": "Port Knocking",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1205/001",
"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--8868cb5b-d575-4a60-acb2-07d37389a2fd",
"external_id": "T1205.001",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-07-01T18:23:25.002Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.688Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth",
"persistence",
"command-and-control"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Hartrell cd00r 2002",
"url": "https://www.giac.org/paper/gcih/342/handle-cd00r-invisible-backdoor/103631"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (8)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1037 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0058d5dd-bf42-4a09-94ff-dfb024b949df
ATTACK:enterprise:S1060 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--16a59f96-4c5c-4625-a776-61162ac9c6c1
SentinelLabs Metador Sept 2022 · SentinelLabs Metador Technical Appendix Sept 2022ATTACK:enterprise:S1219 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--23a80f24-8735-40c8-ab6e-c36c04bb1d5a
Google Cloud Mandiant UNC3886 2024ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--624c4ae2-f367-4be2-a584-0fb5ec94c694
ATTACK:enterprise:G0056 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b92d6b45-e211-4168-ac32-80427bf1b9d2
Bitdefender StrongPity June 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G1048 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c8312f85-9a7f-425f-9c6d-d0d50cf6f5eb
Mandiant Fortinet Zero DayATTACK:enterprise:S1204 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f306e706-c8c3-41ed-853a-e5f60b5c90b0
Lumen J-Magic JAN 2025 · Hartrell cd00r 2002ATTACK:enterprise:S1059 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fbaf2482-7ab9-4feb-bb88-06646559d9ca
SentinelLabs Metador Sept 2022