Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007",
"title": "Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/007",
"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--0c2d00da-7742-49e7-9928-4514e5075d32",
"external_id": "T1574.007",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-03-13T14:10:43.424Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.620Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth",
"execution"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Elastic Rules macOS launchctl 2022",
"url": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/7.17/prebuilt-rule-7-16-4-modification-of-environment-variable-via-launchctl.html"
},
{
"source_name": "ExpressVPN PATH env Windows 2021",
"url": "https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/cybersecurity-lessons-a-path-vulnerability-in-windows/"
},
{
"source_name": "uptycs Fake POC linux malware 2023",
"url": "https://www.uptycs.com/blog/new-poc-exploit-backdoor-malware"
},
{
"source_name": "nixCraft macOS PATH variables",
"url": "https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/appleosx-bash-unix-change-set-path-environment-variable/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (8)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S0194 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--088d703a-f321-48d2-8090-12fc8179c6ff
GitHub PowerSploit May 2012 · PowerSploit DocumentationATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5a70a968-618c-489e-8087-eabca740aa3a
ATTACK:enterprise:S9015 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5b6d5eef-dc61-4e43-a1da-f0967f77afdd
CISA BRICKSTORM UNC5221 AR25-338A February 2026ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6c99a74d-8a17-453b-9100-ebb3cca33faa
ATTACK:enterprise:S0363 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7f0f21db-5bb8-465c-9141-d1b5172d0756
Github PowerShell EmpireATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--895ef30f-0b60-473e-829f-6c6d2aab5ab0
SANS Application Whitelisting · Microsoft Windows Defender Application Control · Windows Commands JPCERT · NSA MS AppLocker · Microsoft Application Lockdown · Microsoft Using Software RestrictionATTACK:enterprise:S1111 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c33b6ac0-213a-46a0-8eef-5d287f0c7676
Ensilo Darkgate 2018ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--cc783e55-3b37-45df-89a8-ec098a2ccea2
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