Systemd Service
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002",
"title": "Systemd Service",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/002",
"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--dfefe2ed-4389-4318-8762-f0272b350a1b",
"external_id": "T1543.002",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-17T16:15:19.870Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.722Z",
"version": "1.6",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"persistence",
"privilege-escalation"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "airwalk backdoor unix systems",
"url": "http://www.ouah.org/backdoors.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Anomali Rocke March 2019",
"url": "https://www.anomali.com/blog/rocke-evolves-its-arsenal-with-a-new-malware-family-written-in-golang"
},
{
"source_name": "freedesktop systemd.service",
"url": "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Linux man-pages: systemd January 2014",
"url": "http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/systemd.1.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Pepe Berba Systemd 2022",
"url": "https://pberba.github.io/security/2022/02/07/linux-threat-hunting-for-persistence-systemd-generators/"
},
{
"source_name": "Berba hunting linux systemd",
"url": "https://pberba.github.io/security/2022/01/30/linux-threat-hunting-for-persistence-systemd-timers-cron/"
},
{
"source_name": "Rapid7 Service Persistence 22JUNE2016",
"url": "https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/local/service_persistence"
},
{
"source_name": "Elastic Security Labs Linux Persistence 2024",
"url": "https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/primer-on-persistence-mechanisms"
},
{
"source_name": "lambert systemd 2022",
"url": "https://redcanary.com/blog/attck-t1501-understanding-systemd-service-persistence/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (21)
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ATTACK:enterprise:G1056 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0dafface-925c-438c-9940-2bb6ff3db8f4
Wiz TeamPCP KICS MAR 2026ATTACK:enterprise:S9008 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1774b6a5-f9e2-473d-a826-515049e6c774
Socket Shai-Hulud November 2025ATTACK:enterprise:G0139 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1f75578e-22d5-4f91-9de5-3309ffe107d5
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group · Trend Micro TeamTNTATTACK:enterprise:S1198 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1f9ee6cc-2131-4180-b713-7113a4e9486a
Symantec Troll Stealer 2024ATTACK:enterprise:C0034 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--41b9ea44-f258-4415-a3ba-d4b77be6cdc2
Mandiant-Sandworm-Ukraine-2022ATTACK:enterprise:S9043 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4e9b6d8a-7992-4393-a3b7-dec2ae9403b3
Flashpoint Mini Shai-Hulud MAY 2026 · Hunt.io TeamPCP Toolkit MAY 2026 · Wiz Mini Shai-Hulud MAY 2026ATTACK:enterprise:S1222 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--66e076ef-9f46-4a6b-9639-ea39596cc2e7
Google Cloud Mandiant UNC3886 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S0192 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--69b71b4b-fec9-4850-b002-4a44b875a814
GitHub PupyATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--751d1faf-0685-4a1b-8a72-de34bfd6da7e
ATTACK:enterprise:G1015 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--85a38210-d648-4bfc-8d44-28c3a08b481a
Mandiant VMware vSphere JUL 2025ATTACK:enterprise:S0410 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8c9c075a-0c9a-45ef-a4cb-53095c2664a7
Fysbis Dr Web AnalysisATTACK:enterprise:S1078 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--95954093-498a-4f5f-93b4-904632fdfbbb
RotaJakiro 2021 netlab360 analysisATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--96bf3005-d31e-42ce-a543-cdcf3d4a56bd
ATTACK:enterprise:S0663 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9a0137e5-82d0-4419-961a-9b0eb47b2d79
Lunghi Iron Tiger LinuxATTACK:enterprise:S0401 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9a24e972-81d5-4cfc-81ed-3e7752e3b463
ESET TeleBots Oct 2018 · ANSSI Sandworm January 2021ATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9d7f9d7b-c246-4849-b65e-1ac45208b427
ATTACK:enterprise:G0106 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a430e3fa-bfc0-4ea8-8264-217f6aa015fc
Anomali Rocke March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b8d33b58-e0d0-4bf8-a8ec-f6c4c2f1a480
ATTACK:enterprise:S9041 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c8c9c0cf-1a77-43a4-bb4f-6cced5e6b418
Aqua Security Blog Trivy Compromise APR 2026 · Wiz Trivy Compromise MAR 2026 · Wiz TeamPCP KICS MAR 2026ATTACK:enterprise:M1033 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ebb9afc6-dbe3-4049-8f33-a782f15eca79
ATTACK:enterprise:S0601 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--eff691e3-85de-4b98-8534-da2333370856
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