{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:26.057Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'A port monitor can be set through the  (Citation: AddMonitor) '
                'API call to set a DLL to be loaded at startup. (Citation: '
                'AddMonitor) This DLL can be located in '
                '<code>C:\\Windows\\System32</code> and will be loaded by the '
                'print spooler service, spoolsv.exe, on boot. The spoolsv.exe '
                'process also runs under SYSTEM level permissions. (Citation: '
                'Bloxham) Alternatively, an arbitrary DLL can be loaded if '
                'permissions allow writing a fully-qualified pathname for that '
                'DLL to '
                '<code>HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Monitors</code>. \n'
                '\n'
                'The Registry key contains entries for the following:\n'
                '\n'
                '* Local Port\n'
                '* Standard TCP/IP Port\n'
                '* USB Monitor\n'
                '* WSD Port\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries can use this technique to load malicious code at '
                'startup that will persist on system reboot and execute as '
                'SYSTEM.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1013',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1013'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (n.d.). AddMonitor '
                                         'function. Retrieved November 12, '
                                         '2014.',
                          'source_name': 'AddMonitor',
                          'url': 'http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183341'},
                         {'description': 'Bloxham, B. (n.d.). Getting Windows '
                                         'to Play with Itself &#91;PowerPoint '
                                         'slides&#93;. Retrieved November 12, '
                                         '2014.',
                          'source_name': 'Bloxham',
                          'url': 'https://www.defcon.org/images/defcon-22/dc-22-presentations/Bloxham/DEFCON-22-Brady-Bloxham-Windows-API-Abuse-UPDATED.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Russinovich, M. (2016, January 4). '
                                         'Autoruns for Windows v13.51. '
                                         'Retrieved June 6, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'TechNet Autoruns',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--1f47e2fd-fa77-4f2f-88ee-e85df308f125',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:30.037Z',
 'name': 'Port Monitors',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': True,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Stefan Kanthak', 'Travis Smith, Tripwire'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}