AppInit DLLs
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010",
"title": "AppInit DLLs",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/010",
"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--cc89ecbd-3d33-4a41-bcca-001e702d18fd",
"external_id": "T1546.010",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-24T14:52:25.589Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:24.008Z",
"version": "1.2",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"privilege-escalation",
"persistence"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Elastic Process Injection July 2017",
"url": "https://www.endgame.com/blog/technical-blog/ten-process-injection-techniques-technical-survey-common-and-trending-process"
},
{
"source_name": "AppInit Registry",
"url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/197571"
},
{
"source_name": "AppInit Secure Boot",
"url": "https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn280412"
},
{
"source_name": "TechNet Autoruns",
"url": "https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (7)
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ATTACK:enterprise:G0087 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--19785182-3304-4954-9545-30560d159ae2
FBI FLASH APT39 September 2020ATTACK:enterprise:S0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3d16b34f-f58b-4469-a0ef-7585f88d6001
Palo Alto T9000 Feb 2016ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--65fa218e-b442-41ca-8fed-bccdb5523656
Beechey 2010 · Corio 2008 · Microsoft Windows Defender Application Control · TechNet Applocker vs SRP · NSA MS AppLocker · Windows Commands JPCERTATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010 → 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--799eccf9-478d-421e-8f14-074b5546cb6a
ATTACK:enterprise:M1051 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--af684c27-a63f-4193-8293-f5b3554a3e58
ATTACK:enterprise:S0107 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--cb4af413-9bd7-4f1a-a693-57d11ffccbf5
Trustwave Cherry PickerATTACK:enterprise:S0458 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f96794d1-0707-4897-9de1-08546b605bf0
Eset Ramsay May 2020