Systemd Timers

Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1053.006

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1053.006",
  "title": "Systemd Timers",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/006",
  "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": "attack-pattern--a542bac9-7bc1-4da7-9a09-96f69e23cc21",
  "external_id": "T1053.006",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2020-10-12T17:50:31.584Z",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:11.261Z",
  "version": "1.3",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "execution",
    "persistence",
    "privilege-escalation"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Systemd Remote Control",
      "url": "https://www.tecmint.com/control-systemd-services-on-remote-linux-server/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "archlinux Systemd Timers Aug 2020",
      "url": "https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Timers"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "gist Arch package compromise 10JUL2018",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/campuscodi/74d0d2e35d8fd9499c76333ce027345a"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Arch Linux Package Systemd Compromise BleepingComputer 10JUL2018",
      "url": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-found-in-arch-linux-aur-package-repository/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "acroread package compromised Arch Linux Mail 8JUL2018",
      "url": "https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2018-July/034153.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Falcon Sandbox smp: 28553b3a9d",
      "url": "https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/28553b3a9d2ad4361d33d29ac4bf771d008e0073cec01b5561c6348a608f8dd7?environmentId=300"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Linux man-pages: systemd January 2014",
      "url": "http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/systemd.1.html"
    }
  ]
}

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