SIP and Trust Provider Hijacking
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.003
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"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.003",
"title": "SIP and Trust Provider Hijacking",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1553/003",
"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--543fceb5-cb92-40cb-aacf-6913d4db58bc",
"external_id": "T1553.003",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-02-05T19:34:04.910Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.633Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "GitHub SIP POC Sept 2017",
"url": "https://github.com/mattifestation/PoCSubjectInterfacePackage"
},
{
"source_name": "SpectorOps Subverting Trust Sept 2017",
"url": "https://specterops.io/assets/resources/SpecterOps_Subverting_Trust_in_Windows.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Catalog Files and Signatures April 2017",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/install/catalog-files"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Authenticode",
"url": "https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms537359.aspx"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft WinVerifyTrust",
"url": "https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa388208.aspx"
},
{
"source_name": "EduardosBlog SIPs July 2008",
"url": "https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/eduardonavarro/2008/07/11/sips-subject-interface-package-and-authenticode/"
}
]
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1024 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
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ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ee2fcc2b-735d-4948-b25a-401f60fe7412