Change Default File Association
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.001
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.001",
"title": "Change Default File Association",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/001",
"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--98034fef-d9fb-4667-8dc4-2eab6231724c",
"external_id": "T1546.001",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-24T13:40:47.282Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:07.854Z",
"version": "1.1",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"privilege-escalation",
"persistence"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Change Default Programs",
"url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/18539/windows-7-change-default-programs"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft File Handlers",
"url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2015/extensibility/specifying-file-handlers-for-file-name-extensions?view=vs-2015"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Assoc Oct 2017",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/assoc"
},
{
"source_name": "TrendMicro TROJ-FAKEAV OCT 2012",
"url": "https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/troj_fakeav.gzd"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (3)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S0692 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1c40e6c8-1a0e-41f7-8aa7-9ae294712fbe
GitHub SILENTTRINITY Modules July 2019ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8d5a5b8c-48a3-4d1c-bb39-89fd4a03bd15
ATTACK:enterprise:G0094 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b967963e-5dd4-42a3-a94e-8b3d17250aec
Securelist Kimsuky Sept 2013