Downgrade System Image
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002",
"title": "Downgrade System Image",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1601/002",
"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--fc74ba38-dc98-461f-8611-b3dbf9978e3d",
"external_id": "T1601.002",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-10-19T19:53:10.576Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.726Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Cisco Synful Knock Evolution",
"url": "https://blogs.cisco.com/security/evolution-of-attacks-on-cisco-ios-devices"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (7)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1032 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6e32fdd0-c094-405e-8246-7502c9aedb68
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - TACACSATTACK:enterprise:M1045 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--775f9337-6cab-49f6-850e-af3038f0c806
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Deploy Signed IOSATTACK:enterprise:M1043 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9cdefbe1-60ce-42b6-908d-1a630e78389c
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Credentials ManagementATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b099746f-3c9f-41e8-95b2-af6ee5c10e83
ATTACK:enterprise:M1027 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--dc9ff40d-a9c6-4042-b4f5-922ca7a64536
NIST 800-63-3ATTACK:enterprise:M1046 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e8906be8-db8f-4ad3-829a-ca5eb4711584
Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Secure BootATTACK:enterprise:T1601.002 → 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--f7a11ad8-80ac-4b0e-8749-102958f57f62