Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.008
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.008",
"title": "Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/008",
"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--58af3705-8740-4c68-9329-ec015a7013c2",
"external_id": "T1574.008",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-03-13T17:48:58.999Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.635Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth",
"execution"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Environment Property",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//fd7hxfdd(v=vs.85)?redirectedfrom=MSDN"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft CreateProcess",
"url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-createprocessa"
},
{
"source_name": "Microsoft WinExec",
"url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-winexec"
},
{
"source_name": "Windows NT Command Shell",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//cc723564(v=technet.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN#XSLTsection127121120120"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1038 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0f955c85-17f5-46cf-bf5c-eece3b6c08ca
SANS Application Whitelisting · Microsoft Windows Defender Application Control · Windows Commands JPCERT · NSA MS AppLocker · Microsoft Application Lockdown · Microsoft Using Software RestrictionATTACK:enterprise:M1022 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6a3e8d7c-fdb3-4249-9f4e-7825e253bbfd
ATTACK:enterprise:S0363 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--70386a3a-6ea5-4a2b-9989-2356ee9cf770
Github PowerShell EmpireATTACK:enterprise:S0194 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9d038aa7-af97-4f60-ad5c-f74d20200c18
GitHub PowerSploit May 2012 · PowerSploit DocumentationATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.008
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ae13555e-3275-43c5-b388-59478160d01b
Vulnerability and Exploit Detector · Microsoft CreateProcess · Microsoft Dynamic-Link Library SecurityATTACK:enterprise:T1574.008 → 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--d0e5d834-338b-4c5f-968a-f9f477bc7b9f