MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Description
**This technique has been deprecated. Please use [Remote Services](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021) where appropriate.** The Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) is a common way to interact with an operating system. Adversaries may use a system's GUI during an operation, commonly through a remote interactive session such as [Remote Desktop Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1076), instead of through a [Command and Scripting Interpreter](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059), to search for information and execute files via mouse double-click events, the Windows Run command (Citation: Wikipedia Run Command), or other potentially difficult to monitor interactions.
Supported Platforms
Created
April 29, 2026
Last Updated
April 29, 2026
STIX Data
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'description': '**This technique has been deprecated. Please use [Remote '
'Services](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021) where '
'appropriate.**\n'
'\n'
'The Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) is a common way to '
'interact with an operating system. Adversaries may use a '
"system's GUI during an operation, commonly through a remote "
'interactive session such as [Remote Desktop '
'Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1076), instead '
'of through a [Command and Scripting '
'Interpreter](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059), to '
'search for information and execute files via mouse '
'double-click events, the Windows Run command (Citation: '
'Wikipedia Run Command), or other potentially difficult to '
'monitor interactions.',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1061',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1061'},
{'description': 'Wikipedia. (2018, August 3). Run '
'Command. Retrieved October 12, 2018.',
'source_name': 'Wikipedia Run Command',
'url': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_command'}],
'id': 'attack-pattern--a6525aec-acc4-47fe-92f9-b9b4de4b9228',
'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
'phase_name': 'execution'}],
'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:11.438Z',
'name': 'Graphical User Interface',
'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
'spec_version': '2.1',
'type': 'attack-pattern',
'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
'x_mitre_deprecated': True,
'x_mitre_detection': '',
'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
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'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows'],
'x_mitre_version': '2.1'}