ROMMONkit

Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.004

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.004",
  "title": "ROMMONkit",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/004",
  "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--a6557c75-798f-42e4-be70-ab4502e0a3bc",
  "external_id": "T1542.004",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2020-10-20T00:05:48.790Z",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.706Z",
  "version": "2.0",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "stealth",
    "persistence"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Cisco Synful Knock Evolution",
      "url": "https://blogs.cisco.com/security/evolution-of-attacks-on-cisco-ios-devices"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Cisco Blog Legacy Device Attacks",
      "url": "https://community.cisco.com/t5/security-blogs/attackers-continue-to-target-legacy-devices/ba-p/4169954"
    }
  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (4)

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ATTACK:enterprise:M1046 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.004

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6b6b9464-4d0c-4e7e-9631-e2a3cdac6260

Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Secure Boot

ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.004

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b2ac3f9c-b43a-417f-8f9f-0c86bee2e219

Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Image File Integrity · Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Image File Verification · Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Change Control

ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e07acc2b-6a92-423e-85be-a9caed4a8ee6

ATTACK:enterprise:M1031 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1542.004

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e8dda697-0d9b-4c99-baa1-1d64f7dd5a02

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