Path Interception by Unquoted Path
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.009
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.009",
"title": "Path Interception by Unquoted Path",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/009",
"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--bf96a5a3-3bce-43b7-8597-88545984c07b",
"external_id": "T1574.009",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-03-13T13:51:58.519Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.713Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth",
"execution"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Windows Privilege Escalation Guide",
"url": "https://www.absolomb.com/2018-01-26-Windows-Privilege-Escalation-Guide/"
},
{
"source_name": "Windows Unquoted Services",
"url": "https://securityboulevard.com/2018/04/windows-privilege-escalation-unquoted-services/"
},
{
"source_name": "Help eliminate unquoted path",
"url": "https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Help+eliminate+unquoted+path+vulnerabilities/14464"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft CurrentControlSet Services",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/hklm-system-currentcontrolset-services-registry-tree"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.009
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2d0b7e52-9c7a-47dd-ab12-4dc6942f49f1
Vulnerability and Exploit Detector · Microsoft CreateProcess · Microsoft Dynamic-Link Library SecurityATTACK:enterprise:S0194 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.009
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2e202038-196d-41c7-8fdf-27b4fcf88830
GitHub PowerSploit May 2012 · PowerSploit DocumentationATTACK:enterprise:S0363 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.009
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--63092968-deca-4af9-bda5-a3e05b4db40f
Github PowerShell EmpireATTACK:enterprise:T1574.009 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a6f0c9d2-ae40-4dee-9231-4f6fa3d87b00
ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.009
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b7a27a94-f036-4a0b-a96c-aa7bb1c7311f
SANS Application Whitelisting · Microsoft Windows Defender Application Control · Windows Commands JPCERT · NSA MS AppLocker · Microsoft Application Lockdown · Microsoft Using Software RestrictionATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.009
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ca04cce0-2f47-4c73-956f-808573b62903