{'created': '2025-05-22T19:50:18.472Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may rely on a user installing a malicious library '
                'to facilitate execution. Threat actors may [Upload '
                'Malware](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1608/001) to '
                'package managers such as NPM and PyPi, as well as to public '
                'code repositories such as GitHub. User may install libraries '
                'without realizing they are malicious, thus bypassing '
                'techniques that specifically achieve Initial Access. This can '
                'lead to the execution of malicious code, such as code that '
                'establishes persistence, steals data, or mines '
                'cryptocurrency.(Citation: Datadog Security Labs Malicious '
                'PyPi Packages 2024)(Citation: Fortinet Malicious NPM Packages '
                '2023)\n'
                '\n'
                'In some cases, threat actors may compromise and backdoor '
                'existing popular libraries (i.e., [Compromise Software '
                'Dependencies and Development '
                'Tools](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1195/001)). '
                'Alternatively, they may create entirely new packages and '
                'leverage behaviors such as typosquatting to encourage users '
                'to install them.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1204.005',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1204/005'},
                         {'description': ' Sebastian Obregoso  and Christophe '
                                         'Tafani-Dereeper. (2024, May 23). '
                                         'Malicious PyPI packages targeting '
                                         'highly specific MacOS machines. '
                                         'Retrieved May 22, 2025.',
                          'source_name': 'Datadog Security Labs Malicious PyPi '
                                         'Packages 2024',
                          'url': 'https://securitylabs.datadoghq.com/articles/malicious-pypi-package-targeting-highly-specific-macos-machines/'},
                         {'description': 'Jin Lee and Jenna Wang. (2023, '
                                         'October 2). Malicious Packages '
                                         'Hidden in NPM. Retrieved May 22, '
                                         '2025.',
                          'source_name': 'Fortinet Malicious NPM Packages 2023',
                          'url': 'https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/malicious-packages-hiddin-in-npm'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--73b24a10-6bf4-4af1-a81e-67b8bcb6c4e6',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'execution'}],
 'modified': '2025-05-22T21:22:40.822Z',
 'name': 'Malicious Library',
 '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_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_remote_support': False,
 'x_mitre_version': '1.0'}