Control Panel
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.002
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.002",
"title": "Control Panel",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/002",
"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--4ff5d6a8-c062-4c68-a778-36fc5edd564f",
"external_id": "T1218.002",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-23T19:59:52.630Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.632Z",
"version": "3.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "TrendMicro CPL Malware Dec 2013",
"url": "https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/control-panel-files-used-as-malicious-attachments/"
},
{
"source_name": "Palo Alto Reaver Nov 2017",
"url": "https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/11/unit42-new-malware-with-ties-to-sunorcal-discovered/"
},
{
"source_name": "ESET InvisiMole June 2020",
"url": "https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ESET_InvisiMole.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Implementing CPL",
"url": "https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/cc144185.aspx"
},
{
"source_name": "TrendMicro CPL Malware Jan 2014",
"url": "https://www.trendmicro.de/cloud-content/us/pdfs/security-intelligence/white-papers/wp-cpl-malware.pdf"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (5)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2db67ddf-b414-4dc7-87ab-0846a8bd1e8e
ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5b0a440d-575a-4c1a-97aa-56945686f85a
ATTACK:enterprise:S0260 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6cef3b8e-24de-41f0-b568-531211e0268a
ESET InvisiMole June 2020ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--98d0fca0-b3e7-4f69-b5f3-527cdd4f48c9
Beechey 2010 · Corio 2008 · Microsoft Windows Defender Application Control · TechNet Applocker vs SRP · NSA MS AppLocker · Windows Commands JPCERTATTACK:enterprise:S0172 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ad4bd339-7416-45de-8202-f91c6909be05
Palo Alto Reaver Nov 2017