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Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1601

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1601",
  "title": "Modify System Image",
  "type": "Technique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1601",
  "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--ae7f3575-0a5e-427e-991b-fe03ad44c754",
  "external_id": "T1601",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2020-10-19T19:42:19.740Z",
  "modified": "2026-08-27T17:55:53.583Z",
  "version": "2.1",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "defense-impairment"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Cisco Networking Software Product Lines",
      "url": "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/ios-nx-os-software/index.html#GUID-CCB80DF4-C5E7-4543-A3D2-598EF13E5FCA"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Network Device Integrity Methodology",
      "url": "https://media.defense.gov/2023/Oct/06/2003315573/-1/-1/0/NETWORK%20DEVICE%20INTEGRITY%20NDI%20METHODOLOGY.PDF"
    }
  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (9)

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ATTACK:enterprise:M1032 → mitigates → 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--441e6528-4342-4387-848b-febb051e05f7

Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - TACACS

ATTACK:enterprise:S9013 → uses → 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--75674204-4937-4d08-b61b-8bf01a9d4362

Google UNC5221 Ivanti January 2025 · Picus Security UNC5221 Ivanti May 2025

ATTACK:enterprise:M1027 → mitigates → 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--88997806-0c0f-47a7-b381-0ddd24f81f67

ATTACK:enterprise:M1043 → mitigates → 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--a53cd21b-273f-43cf-a7e1-375aee6b66e9

Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Credentials Management

ATTACK:enterprise:M1045 → mitigates → 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--ae16d5d7-9a6f-4865-863a-2ce336b45795

Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Deploy Signed IOS

ATTACK:enterprise:M1046 → mitigates → 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--bd4686bf-27fb-44b7-8546-be8b57c99fcd

Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Secure Boot

ATTACK:enterprise:M1026 → mitigates → 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--de4ce747-488a-4def-8ede-8a3d371c9dd4

ATTACK: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

ATTACK: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

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