Image File Execution Options Injection
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.012
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.012",
"title": "Image File Execution Options Injection",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/012",
"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--6d4a7fb3-5a24-42be-ae61-6728a2b581f6",
"external_id": "T1546.012",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-01-24T15:05:58.384Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.640Z",
"version": "1.2",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"privilege-escalation",
"persistence"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "FSecure Hupigon",
"url": "https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/backdoor_w32_hupigon_emv.shtml"
},
{
"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": "Microsoft Silent Process Exit NOV 2017",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/registry-entries-for-silent-process-exit"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft GFlags Mar 2017",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/gflags-overview"
},
{
"source_name": "Oddvar Moe IFEO APR 2018",
"url": "https://oddvar.moe/2018/04/10/persistence-using-globalflags-in-image-file-execution-options-hidden-from-autoruns-exe/"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Dev Blog IFEO Mar 2010",
"url": "https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mithuns/2010/03/24/image-file-execution-options-ifeo/"
},
{
"source_name": "Symantec Ushedix June 2008",
"url": "https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-062807-2501-99&tabid=2"
},
{
"source_name": "Tilbury 2014",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200730053039/https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/registry-analysis-with-crowdresponse/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (4)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S0559 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--78fce2a1-4d92-4e67-8e9b-c684f33b4536
Microsoft Deep Dive Solorigate January 2021ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.012 → 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--8a468c91-7863-4569-8e5f-a71cd565478e
ATTACK:enterprise:S0461 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--91e86813-270d-4ee6-8dff-9b87e3d9fae4
Proofpoint TA505 October 2019ATTACK:enterprise:C0032 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--df4d5d3b-67b7-4af5-adb3-ee83b5f44c5b
FireEye TRITON 2019