{'created': '2017-05-31T21:31:39.262Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may take advantage of trusted developer utilities '
                'to proxy execution of malicious payloads. There are many '
                'utilities used for software development related tasks that '
                'can be used to execute code in various forms to assist in '
                'development, debugging, and reverse engineering.(Citation: '
                'engima0x3 DNX Bypass)(Citation: engima0x3 RCSI '
                'Bypass)(Citation: Exploit Monday WinDbg)(Citation: LOLBAS '
                'Tracker) These utilities may often be signed with legitimate '
                'certificates that allow them to execute on a system and proxy '
                'execution of malicious code through a trusted process that '
                'effectively bypasses application control solutions.\n'
                '\n'
                'Smart App Control is a feature of Windows that blocks '
                'applications it considers potentially malicious from running '
                'by verifying unsigned applications against a known safe list '
                'from a Microsoft cloud service before executing '
                'them.(Citation: Microsoft Smart App Control) However, '
                'adversaries may leverage "reputation hijacking" to abuse an '
                'operating system’s trust of safe, signed applications that '
                'support the execution of arbitrary code. By leveraging '
                '[Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy '
                'Execution](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127) to run '
                'their malicious code, adversaries may bypass Smart App '
                'Control protections.(Citation: Elastic Security Labs)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1127',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127'},
                         {'description': 'Graeber, M. (2016, August 15). '
                                         'Bypassing Application Whitelisting '
                                         'by using WinDbg/CDB as a Shellcode '
                                         'Runner. Retrieved November 17, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'Exploit Monday WinDbg',
                          'url': 'https://web.archive.org/web/20160816135945/http://www.exploit-monday.com/2016/08/windbg-cdb-shellcode-runner.html'},
                         {'description': 'Joe Desimone. (2024, August 5). '
                                         'Dismantling Smart App Control. '
                                         'Retrieved March 21, 2025.',
                          'source_name': 'Elastic Security Labs',
                          'url': 'https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/dismantling-smart-app-control'},
                         {'description': 'LOLBAS. (n.d.). Tracker.exe. '
                                         'Retrieved July 31, 2019.',
                          'source_name': 'LOLBAS Tracker',
                          'url': 'https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Tracker/'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (n.d.). Smart App Control '
                                         'Frequently Asked Questions. '
                                         'Retrieved April 4, 2025.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft Smart App Control',
                          'url': 'https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/smart-app-control-frequently-asked-questions-285ea03d-fa88-4d56-882e-6698afdb7003'},
                         {'description': 'Nelson, M. (2016, November 21). '
                                         'Bypassing Application Whitelisting '
                                         'By Using rcsi.exe. Retrieved May 26, '
                                         '2017.',
                          'source_name': 'engima0x3 RCSI Bypass',
                          'url': 'https://enigma0x3.net/2016/11/21/bypassing-application-whitelisting-by-using-rcsi-exe/'},
                         {'description': 'Nelson, M. (2017, November 17). '
                                         'Bypassing Application Whitelisting '
                                         'By Using dnx.exe. Retrieved May 25, '
                                         '2017.',
                          'source_name': 'engima0x3 DNX Bypass',
                          'url': 'https://enigma0x3.net/2016/11/17/bypassing-application-whitelisting-by-using-dnx-exe/'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--ff25900d-76d5-449b-a351-8824e62fc81b',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:40.055Z',
 'name': 'Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy 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_contributors': ['Casey Smith', 'Matthew Demaske, Adaptforward'],
 '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': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.3'}