Disable or Modify Linux Audit System Log
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1685.004
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1685.004",
"title": "Disable or Modify Linux Audit System Log",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1685/004",
"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--23d69d00-80c4-42ff-9dac-dbd0459dad75",
"external_id": "T1685.004",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2026-04-14T22:54:03.325Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.623Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "IzyKnows auditd threat detection 2022",
"url": "https://izyknows.medium.com/linux-auditd-for-threat-detection-d06c8b941505"
},
{
"source_name": "ESET Ebury Feb 2014",
"url": "https://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/02/21/an-in-depth-analysis-of-linuxebury/"
},
{
"source_name": "Red Hat Linux Disable or Mod",
"url": "https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/security_guide/chap-system_auditing"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (4)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1685.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7c080252-2bd3-4fb3-98aa-e822a3703455
ATTACK:enterprise:S0377 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1685.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8cf74519-c7ce-4a62-be77-89da43a6ff37
ESET Ebury May 2024ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1685.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9a063196-5031-426a-a75a-ec7a2b479951
ATTACK:enterprise:T1685.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1685
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f919d816-f0eb-477a-8ba9-d27a11d53072