{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:47.843Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may inject code into processes in order to evade '
                'process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate '
                'privileges. Process injection is a method of executing '
                'arbitrary code in the address space of a separate live '
                'process. Running code in the context of another process may '
                "allow access to the process's memory, system/network "
                'resources, and possibly elevated privileges. Execution via '
                'process injection may also evade detection from security '
                'products since the execution is masked under a legitimate '
                'process. \n'
                '\n'
                'There are many different ways to inject code into a process, '
                'many of which abuse legitimate functionalities. These '
                'implementations exist for every major OS but are typically '
                'platform specific. \n'
                '\n'
                'More sophisticated samples may perform multiple process '
                'injections to segment modules and further evade detection, '
                'utilizing named pipes or other inter-process communication '
                '(IPC) mechanisms as a communication channel. ',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1055',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1055'},
                         {'description': 'GNU. (2010, February 5). The GNU '
                                         'Accounting Utilities. Retrieved '
                                         'December 20, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'GNU Acct',
                          'url': 'https://www.gnu.org/software/acct/'},
                         {'description': 'Hosseini, A. (2017, July 18). Ten '
                                         'Process Injection Techniques: A '
                                         'Technical Survey Of Common And '
                                         'Trending Process Injection '
                                         'Techniques. Retrieved December 7, '
                                         '2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Elastic Process Injection July 2017',
                          'url': 'https://www.endgame.com/blog/technical-blog/ten-process-injection-techniques-technical-survey-common-and-trending-process'},
                         {'description': 'Jahoda, M. et al.. (2017, March 14). '
                                         'redhat Security Guide - Chapter 7 - '
                                         'System Auditing. Retrieved December '
                                         '20, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'RHEL auditd',
                          'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/security_guide/chap-system_auditing'},
                         {'description': 'Ligh, M.H. et al.. (2014, July). The '
                                         'Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting '
                                         'Malware and Threats in Windows, '
                                         'Linux, and Mac Memory. Retrieved '
                                         'December 20, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'ArtOfMemoryForensics'},
                         {'description': 'Russinovich, M. & Garnier, T. (2017, '
                                         'May 22). Sysmon v6.20. Retrieved '
                                         'December 13, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft Sysmon v6 May 2017',
                          'url': 'https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon'},
                         {'description': 'stderr. (2014, February 14). '
                                         'Detecting Userland Preload Rootkits. '
                                         'Retrieved December 20, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Chokepoint preload rootkits',
                          'url': 'http://www.chokepoint.net/2014/02/detecting-userland-preload-rootkits.html'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:43.053Z',
 'name': 'Process Injection',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Anastasios Pingios',
                          'Christiaan Beek, @ChristiaanBeek',
                          'Ryan Becwar'],
 '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': ['Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.4'}

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