Drive-by download
Compromise via normal browsing of a booby-trapped site
categoryPhysical, insider and cross-cutting attacksseverityHighdetectabilityHighlabnot yet measured
Classification
32 values: 16 reviewed, 15 imported, 1 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Malware |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Passive |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Medium |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | AvailabilityConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | Identity ProviderLinuxmacOSWindows |
| Environment | MobileOn-premises |
| Target asset class | EndpointWeb app / API |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Initial Access |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | High |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Application Log ContentFile CreationLogon Session CreationNetwork Connection CreationNetwork Traffic ContentProcess CreationProcess ModificationUser Account Authentication |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 20
- M1017 attack-mitigation
- M1021 attack-mitigation
- M1048 attack-mitigation
- M1050 attack-mitigation
- M1051 attack-mitigation
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Detected by 4
- DET0176 attack-detection-strategy
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Framework references
- Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1189/
- attack: T1189 (primary)
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Physical, insider and cross-cutting attacks' table, line 684 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 44 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)