Patch System Image
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001",
"title": "Patch System Image",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1601/001",
"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--d245808a-7086-4310-984a-a84aaaa43f8f",
"external_id": "T1601.001",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-10-19T19:49:24.129Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.717Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Killing IOS diversity myth",
"url": "https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/woot/tech/final_files/Cui.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Cisco IOS Forensics Developments",
"url": "https://www.recurity-labs.com/research/RecurityLabs_Developments_in_IOS_Forensics.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Cisco IOS Shellcode",
"url": "http://2015.zeronights.org/assets/files/05-Nosenko.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Juniper Netscreen of the Dead",
"url": "https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/NEILSON/BHUSA09-Neilson-NetscreenDead-SLIDES.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Killing the myth of Cisco IOS rootkits",
"url": "https://drwho.virtadpt.net/images/killing_the_myth_of_cisco_ios_rootkits.pdf"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (8)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S0519 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1fbc7b2a-1cdb-455b-bd5a-b0ff29efe800
Mandiant - Synful Knock · Cisco Synful Knock EvolutionATTACK:enterprise:M1046 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--42703ec8-4dd6-42a3-b2bb-f2a135f89863
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Secure BootATTACK:enterprise:M1045 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--731ba292-7016-4ccf-a296-58ced0421a37
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Deploy Signed IOSATTACK:enterprise:M1043 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7349c449-f6cd-44cd-858d-93c29320d7f0
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Credentials ManagementATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a4c24712-a5cf-4c44-91cd-057dc0a85e0f
ATTACK:enterprise:M1032 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f1d0e2ed-3d68-4606-8a1c-3a78f9b55afe
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - TACACSATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fca5a1c7-8548-4621-97b5-023572344ae4
ATTACK:enterprise:M1027 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fef0f7bc-5af4-4a5c-bd73-5892badf8707
NIST 800-63-3