MechaFlounder
Software · ATTACK:enterprise:S0459
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:S0459",
"title": "MechaFlounder",
"type": "Software",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0459",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "malware--dfa03c7d-79ed-4ce2-b9d1-ddc9dbf56ad2",
"external_id": "S0459",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-05-27T19:05:29.386Z",
"modified": "2025-04-25T14:44:52.837Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019",
"url": "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/new-python-based-payload-mechaflounder-used-by-chafer/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (9)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S0459 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1041
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--03341b9d-6848-4430-a868-b2bc61b357ba
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0459 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1036.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--08057442-4b2c-4841-b351-8813431704e9
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:G0087 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0459
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--21d94923-38bb-489d-bc6a-23e03fef7b91
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0459 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1033
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3ef224b5-2edf-41c1-916f-1d80a7dc4ada
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0459 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1132.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--553dc864-7d6b-41f9-bb1c-9fc6ee3724b7
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0459 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1071.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5ba68c4c-2ac8-4046-bcac-8a7e81e1bdcf
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0459 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--80abde96-13dc-4551-9430-d8edddbba216
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0459 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9d4d3bb6-58b7-4c16-a405-d576e8e96c07
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0459 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1105
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b96089fa-ebca-4d3c-9290-473cb98ad577
Unit 42 MechaFlounder March 2019