CMSTP
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003",
"title": "CMSTP",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/003",
"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--4cbc6a62-9e34-4f94-8a19-5c1a11392a49",
"external_id": "T1218.003",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-23T18:27:30.656Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.631Z",
"version": "3.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Twitter CMSTP Usage Jan 2018",
"url": "https://x.com/ItsReallyNick/status/958789644165894146"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Connection Manager Oct 2009",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc786431(v=ws.10)"
},
{
"source_name": "MSitPros CMSTP Aug 2017",
"url": "https://msitpros.com/?p=3960"
},
{
"source_name": "GitHub Ultimate AppLocker Bypass List",
"url": "https://github.com/api0cradle/UltimateAppLockerByPassList"
},
{
"source_name": "Endurant CMSTP July 2018",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190316220149/http://www.endurant.io/cmstp/detecting-cmstp-enabled-code-execution-and-uac-bypass-with-sysmon/"
},
{
"source_name": "Twitter CMSTP Jan 2018",
"url": "https://x.com/NickTyrer/status/958450014111633408"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (7)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S1149 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0c45658b-2911-4b06-8b57-d34cc16d1e1d
Mandiant ROADSWEEP August 2022ATTACK:enterprise:G0069 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3dad318f-b446-49c6-a62b-f0596b63a9c5
FireEye MuddyWater Mar 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S1202 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--59aa96b0-ea78-49f4-87d7-367550846ea0
Sentinel Labs LockBit 3.0 JUL 2022ATTACK:enterprise:G0080 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5dbd040e-0433-42ca-8e03-b3741be31cb2
Talos Cobalt Group July 2018 · Morphisec Cobalt Gang Oct 2018 · Unit 42 Cobalt Gang Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003 → 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--9774fd36-2d85-4570-9f63-97f2d6c1ca6c
ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e7f93370-0bfc-417c-8811-627ab39fafca
ATTACK:enterprise:M1042 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fd38c0fc-72d8-4638-b6e7-1f6c5964ab5c