Bootkit
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003",
"title": "Bootkit",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/003",
"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--1b7b1806-7746-41a1-a35d-e48dae25ddba",
"external_id": "T1542.003",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2019-12-19T21:05:38.123Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.622Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth",
"persistence"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Lau 2011",
"url": "http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/are-mbr-infections-back-fashion"
},
{
"source_name": "Mandiant M Trends 2016",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211024160454/https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/current-threats/pdfs/rpt-mtrends-2016.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "welivesecurity",
"url": "https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/03/01/blacklotus-uefi-bootkit-myth-confirmed/"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Security",
"url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/04/11/guidance-for-investigating-attacks-using-cve-2022-21894-the-blacklotus-campaign/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (12)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S0484 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--02c3d977-d797-4105-9535-11682d4896e9
ESET Carberp March 2012ATTACK:enterprise:S0689 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--03ecffe3-d09c-40f5-bbc8-ffa4acc4bdb4
Cisco Ukraine Wipers January 2022 · Crowdstrike WhisperGate January 2022 · Cybereason WhisperGate February 2022 · Microsoft WhisperGate January 2022 · Medium S2W WhisperGate January 2022ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--05d0c3fe-f210-4dd1-a082-45ac8f0c1c47
ATTACK:enterprise:S0266 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--20adc21a-7721-470f-82d4-8a4cfb59a8c1
Eclypsium Trickboot December 2020ATTACK:enterprise:M1046 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--25a6e5a0-28a7-40a4-baa8-7a9c688f3eb4
TechNet Secure Boot Process · TCG Trusted Platform ModuleATTACK:enterprise:S0112 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--44b56e08-7cd1-442c-8806-c69bb65fd231
FireEye BootkitsATTACK:enterprise:G0096 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--48132286-7b7d-42cf-956b-95c75eeff1e3
FireEye APT41 Aug 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0114 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--63d53308-7d7d-4777-a1cc-c7100735609c
FireEye Bootkits · FireEye BOOTRASH SANS · Mandiant M Trends 2016ATTACK:enterprise:S0182 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--753093c1-6586-4a17-9068-25648111ef33
Microsoft FinFisher March 2018 · FinFisher CitationATTACK:enterprise:G0032 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7ca1b40d-d1de-48ab-b8ad-023ad9877def
Novetta Blockbuster Destructive Malware · Novetta BlockbusterATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--99662840-c630-4858-8d44-331d0b31fbc1
ATTACK:enterprise:G0007 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9e90e4a5-844c-4516-9044-6f35bbf27806
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