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Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.016

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.016",
  "title": "Installer Packages",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/016",
  "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--da051493-ae9c-4b1b-9760-c009c46c9b56",
  "external_id": "T1546.016",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2022-09-27T18:02:16.026Z",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.721Z",
  "version": "1.2",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "privilege-escalation",
    "persistence"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Application Bundle Manipulation Brandon Dalton",
      "url": "https://redcanary.com/blog/mac-application-bundles/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Debian Manual Maintainer Scripts",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-mscriptsinstact"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Windows AppleJeus GReAT",
      "url": "https://securelist.com/operation-applejeus/87553/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Microsoft Installation Procedures",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/msi/installation-procedure-tables-group"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "wardle evilquest parti",
      "url": "https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x59.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Installer Package Scripting Rich Trouton",
      "url": "https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.psu.edu/dist/4/24696/files/2019/07/psumac2019-345-Installer-Package-Scripting-Making-your-deployments-easier-one-at-a-time.pdf"
    }
  ]
}

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