Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005",
"title": "Mark-of-the-Web Bypass",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1553/005",
"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--7e7c2fba-7cca-486c-9582-4c1bb2851961",
"external_id": "T1553.005",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2021-02-22T14:20:31.650Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.662Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Beek Use of VHD Dec 2020",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201203131725/https://christiaanbeek.medium.com/investigating-the-use-of-vhd-files-by-cybercriminals-3f1f08304316"
},
{
"source_name": "Outflank MotW 2020",
"url": "https://outflank.nl/blog/2020/03/30/mark-of-the-web-from-a-red-teams-perspective/"
},
{
"source_name": "Intezer Russian APT Dec 2020",
"url": "https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/russian-apt-uses-covid-19-lures-to-deliver-zebrocy/"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Zone.Identifier 2020",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-fscc/6e3f7352-d11c-4d76-8c39-2516a9df36e8"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (8)
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ATTACK:enterprise:G0092 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--246e66e1-ddd2-4e51-b54c-1579f6ea1626
TrendMicro TA505 Aug 2019ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2fb18a45-8ba0-401d-9ee6-18099b4c2c39
ATTACK:enterprise:M1042 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--566db8cc-9dd7-496b-8d40-e510fcf6b9fe
GitHub MOTWATTACK:enterprise:S1025 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7a402933-faba-4de0-a7a5-3b44761cc062
Korean FSI TA505 2020ATTACK:enterprise:G0082 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--83757953-5960-42ae-a723-4b4adbe20cd3
1 - appvATTACK:enterprise:S0650 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a05a823c-de82-43ec-b235-4f09e0527811
Trend Micro Black Basta October 2022ATTACK:enterprise:G0016 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c7602a92-d2d5-488d-b0b7-986ec1ef594d
ESET T3 Threat Report 2021ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e6dd2026-0c65-4a42-a306-d525bb442ab3
Dormann Dangers of VHD 2019