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Winlogon Helper DLL

Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004",
  "title": "Winlogon Helper DLL",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/004",
  "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--6836813e-8ec8-4375-b459-abb388cb1a35",
  "external_id": "T1547.004",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2020-01-24T16:59:59.688Z",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T17:48:53.539Z",
  "version": "1.3",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "persistence",
    "privilege-escalation"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Cylance Reg Persistence Sept 2013",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20160214140250/http://blog.cylance.com/windows-registry-persistence-part-2-the-run-keys-and-search-order"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "TechNet Autoruns",
      "url": "https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902"
    }
  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (16)

First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.

ATTACK:enterprise:S0168 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--07f83a39-8bb0-44f1-9c81-7291ba10dd03

ESET Gazer Aug 2017

ATTACK:enterprise:S1242 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--170c9b30-c055-494d-98a4-00d9ce5b4864

Trend Micro Agenda Ransomware AUG 2022

ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--29284c62-45b2-4650-88ac-fea62ddcd829

ATTACK:enterprise:S1066 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2d14ce48-92d3-446d-84f3-a0df761e08fb

Secureworks DarkTortilla Aug 2022

ATTACK:enterprise:S0200 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4536c335-5138-42d1-8f1e-63dee7cb17ab

Microsoft PLATINUM April 2016

ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--796ea220-2948-461b-9948-4290eec8dbf6

Beechey 2010 · Windows Commands JPCERT · NSA MS AppLocker

ATTACK:enterprise:G0102 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--79e8a269-8ef5-4795-94ce-72bfbb03c7cb

FireEye KEGTAP SINGLEMALT October 2020

ATTACK:enterprise:S0534 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8dd22b15-a9bb-4acc-8fac-e366756ab50b

Zscaler Bazar September 2020

ATTACK:enterprise:S0375 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9cae28f1-dbae-406b-b205-ab9c9cbd26f5

Securelist Remexi Jan 2019

ATTACK:enterprise:S0379 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a01a08e6-3e5a-4674-9d8b-67395fdf9b55

Cylance Shaheen Nov 2018

ATTACK:enterprise:G0081 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ad3bca07-c2d2-411f-9bd8-bf4e1142d9ae

Unit 42 Tropic Trooper Nov 2016 · TrendMicro Tropic Trooper May 2020

ATTACK:enterprise:M1018 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--bfce35b9-7ae9-4194-83a7-5e5ff1481551

ATTACK:enterprise:S1202 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c3210ee1-934b-44fd-9103-0b7f0f211365

Joint Cybersecurity Advisory LockBit 3.0 MAR 2023

ATTACK:enterprise:G0010 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ce9c90e9-d408-485e-a380-52a87abcf3fc

ESET Turla Mosquito Jan 2018

ATTACK:enterprise:S0387 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e7cf6c6b-d777-4c61-b760-e8c6a5c48488

CitizenLab KeyBoy Nov 2016 · PWC KeyBoys Feb 2017

ATTACK:enterprise:S0351 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.004

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

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fdc9c7e3-4467-4f57-af5b-156cf2f9d189

Unit42 Cannon Nov 2018

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