{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:20.934Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file '
                'access controls and file system monitoring. Windows allows '
                'programs to have direct access to logical volumes. Programs '
                'with direct access may read and write files directly from the '
                'drive by analyzing file system data structures. This '
                'technique may bypass Windows file access controls as well as '
                'file system monitoring tools. (Citation: Hakobyan 2009)\n'
                '\n'
                'Utilities, such as `NinjaCopy`, exist to perform these '
                'actions in PowerShell.(Citation: Github PowerSploit '
                'Ninjacopy) Adversaries may also use built-in or third-party '
                'utilities (such as `vssadmin`, `wbadmin`, and '
                '[esentutl](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0404)) to '
                'create shadow copies or backups of data from system '
                'volumes.(Citation: LOLBAS Esentutl)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1006',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1006'},
                         {'description': 'Bialek, J. (2015, December 16). '
                                         'Invoke-NinjaCopy.ps1. Retrieved June '
                                         '2, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'Github PowerSploit Ninjacopy',
                          'url': 'https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit/blob/master/Exfiltration/Invoke-NinjaCopy.ps1'},
                         {'description': 'Hakobyan, A. (2009, January 8). '
                                         'FDump - Dumping File Sectors '
                                         'Directly from Disk using Logical '
                                         'Offsets. Retrieved November 12, '
                                         '2014.',
                          'source_name': 'Hakobyan 2009',
                          'url': 'http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/32169/FDump-Dumping-File-Sectors-Directly-from-Disk-usin'},
                         {'description': 'LOLBAS. (n.d.). Esentutl.exe. '
                                         'Retrieved September 3, 2019.',
                          'source_name': 'LOLBAS Esentutl',
                          'url': 'https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Esentutl/'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--0c8ab3eb-df48-4b9c-ace7-beacaac81cc5',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:23.015Z',
 'name': 'Direct Volume Access',
 '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': ['Tom Simpson, CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch'],
 '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': ['Network Devices', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '2.3'}

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