XPC Services
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1559.003
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"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1559.003",
"title": "XPC Services",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/003",
"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--8252f135-ed26-4ce1-ae61-f26e94429a19",
"external_id": "T1559.003",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2021-10-12T06:45:36.763Z",
"modified": "2025-04-15T19:58:47.031Z",
"version": "1.1",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"execution"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "creatingXPCservices",
"url": "https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/CreatingXPCServices.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000172i-SW6-SW1"
},
{
"source_name": "Designing Daemons Apple Dev",
"url": "https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/DesigningDaemons.html"
},
{
"source_name": "CVMServer Vuln",
"url": "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/f/CVE-2021-30724_CVMServer_Vulnerability_in_macOS_and_iOS.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Learn XPC Exploitation",
"url": "https://wojciechregula.blog/post/learn-xpc-exploitation-part-3-code-injections/"
}
]
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ATTACK:enterprise:T1559.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1559
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--899f5d50-95bf-47e6-a95a-cb6e46a4c9bd
ATTACK:enterprise:M1013 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1559.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9e753c36-66d8-4f48-8b06-fbb9fdc92f76