{'created': '2020-01-22T21:04:23.285Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate '
                'privileges using system mechanisms that trigger execution '
                'based on specific events. Various operating systems have '
                'means to monitor and subscribe to events such as logons or '
                'other user activity such as running specific '
                'applications/binaries. Cloud environments may also support '
                'various functions and services that monitor and can be '
                'invoked in response to specific cloud events.(Citation: '
                'Backdooring an AWS account)(Citation: Varonis Power Automate '
                'Data Exfiltration)(Citation: Microsoft DART Case Report 001)\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may abuse these mechanisms as a means of '
                'maintaining persistent access to a victim via repeatedly '
                'executing malicious code. After gaining access to a victim '
                'system, adversaries may create/modify event triggers to point '
                'to malicious content that will be executed whenever the event '
                'trigger is invoked.(Citation: FireEye WMI 2015)(Citation: '
                'Malware Persistence on OS X)(Citation: amnesia malware)\n'
                '\n'
                'Since the execution can be proxied by an account with higher '
                'permissions, such as SYSTEM or service accounts, an adversary '
                'may be able to abuse these triggered execution mechanisms to '
                'escalate their privileges. ',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1546',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546'},
                         {'description': 'Ballenthin, W., et al. (2015). '
                                         'Windows Management Instrumentation '
                                         '(WMI) Offense, Defense, and '
                                         'Forensics. Retrieved March 30, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'FireEye WMI 2015',
                          'url': 'https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/global/en/current-threats/pdfs/wp-windows-management-instrumentation.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Berk Veral. (2020, March 9). '
                                         'Real-life cybercrime stories from '
                                         'DART, the Microsoft Detection and '
                                         'Response Team. Retrieved May 27, '
                                         '2022.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft DART Case Report 001',
                          'url': 'https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/03/09/real-life-cybercrime-stories-dart-microsoft-detection-and-response-team'},
                         {'description': 'Claud Xiao, Cong Zheng, Yanhui Jia. '
                                         '(2017, April 6). New IoT/Linux '
                                         'Malware Targets DVRs, Forms Botnet. '
                                         'Retrieved February 19, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'amnesia malware',
                          'url': 'https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/04/unit42-new-iotlinux-malware-targets-dvrs-forms-botnet/'},
                         {'description': 'Daniel Grzelak. (2016, July 9). '
                                         'Backdooring an AWS account. '
                                         'Retrieved May 27, 2022.',
                          'source_name': 'Backdooring an AWS account',
                          'url': 'https://medium.com/daniel-grzelak/backdooring-an-aws-account-da007d36f8f9'},
                         {'description': 'Eric Saraga. (2022, February 2). '
                                         'Using Power Automate for Covert Data '
                                         'Exfiltration in Microsoft 365. '
                                         'Retrieved May 27, 2022.',
                          'source_name': 'Varonis Power Automate Data '
                                         'Exfiltration',
                          'url': 'https://www.varonis.com/blog/power-automate-data-exfiltration'},
                         {'description': 'Patrick Wardle. (2015). Malware '
                                         'Persistence on OS X Yosemite. '
                                         'Retrieved July 10, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Malware Persistence on OS X',
                          'url': 'https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/conference/vb2014/VB2014-Wardle.pdf'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:15.866Z',
 'name': 'Event Triggered Execution',
 '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': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux',
                       'macOS',
                       'Windows',
                       'SaaS',
                       'IaaS',
                       'Office Suite'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.4'}