Python Startup Hooks
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.018
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"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.018",
"title": "Python Startup Hooks",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/018",
"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--c5087385-9b7c-4488-9923-d9e370bf08df",
"external_id": "T1546.018",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2025-05-22T19:20:46.740Z",
"modified": "2025-10-21T02:35:20.850Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"persistence",
"privilege-escalation"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Python Site Configuration Hook",
"url": "https://docs.python.org/3/library/site.html"
},
{
"source_name": "DFIR Python Persistence 2025",
"url": "https://dfir.ch/posts/publish_python_pth_extension/"
},
{
"source_name": "Volexity GlobalProtect CVE 2024",
"url": "https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/"
}
]
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ATTACK:enterprise:S9041 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.018
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1eb27c8d-d7fd-4f8e-ad9c-9d8f84ce6c33
Palo Alto TeamPCP MAR 2026ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.018 → 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--4cf85862-83bd-4982-aa75-499fa5210c75
ATTACK:enterprise:S9043 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.018
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7765a421-d52f-4a25-bfad-0ea2217cfcd1
Trend Micro TeamPCP MAY 2026