Component Object Model Hijacking
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015",
"title": "Component Object Model Hijacking",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/015",
"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--bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae",
"external_id": "T1546.015",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-03-16T14:12:47.923Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:18.160Z",
"version": "1.3",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"privilege-escalation",
"persistence"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Elastic COM Hijacking",
"url": "https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-hunt-detecting-persistence-evasion-com"
},
{
"source_name": "GDATA COM Hijacking",
"url": "https://blog.gdatasoftware.com/2014/10/23941-com-object-hijacking-the-discreet-way-of-persistence"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Component Object Model",
"url": "https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms694363.aspx"
},
{
"source_name": "RELIAQUEST",
"url": "https://reliaquest.com/blog/threat-spotlight-hijacked-and-hidden-new-backdoor-and-persistence-technique/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (13)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S0045 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--075e7d33-8d5c-4016-9a24-dc6e61f56fcd
ESET Sednit Part 2ATTACK:enterprise:S0356 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1cc6adf5-a09d-4878-b816-22af0770d3c1
Medium KONNI Jan 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0007 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--54d3eadf-0363-47d1-b51d-a16d6a99c42e
ESET Sednit Part 1 · ESET Zebrocy May 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S1050 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--56ec7ed1-99a1-44bf-8106-d3c23ce16dc8
Bitdefender FunnyDream Campaign November 2020ATTACK:enterprise:S0670 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--581061d3-6216-4a58-aa46-3640d8e94b02
Check Point Warzone Feb 2020ATTACK:enterprise:S0126 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--64309b21-2dc2-4369-9c70-66f47f5c4b56
NorthSec 2015 GData Uroburos ToolsATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--670f37e1-8de3-441e-bc09-ff95c09ee14d
ATTACK:enterprise:S1064 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--71e7aad7-c81e-4035-bec0-323b7dc51d57
HP SVCReady Jun 2022ATTACK:enterprise:S0256 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--810f3029-bbb2-4630-8032-1e1d47824973
ESET Turla Mosquito Jan 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0679 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8604868a-8226-4c03-a5b2-bedfc4020865
Kaspersky WIRTE November 2021ATTACK:enterprise:S0127 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8793b289-4b74-4119-8561-a9ad27dacdff
Palo Alto Networks BBSRATATTACK:enterprise:S0692 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--962b8434-1beb-4774-bb9e-3a5b10d84fe3
GitHub SILENTTRINITY Modules July 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S0044 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.015
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--988cb889-b385-4e8f-be06-7d41c4da0dd7
ESET Sednit Part 1 · Talos Seduploader Oct 2017