Exploits
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004",
"title": "Exploits",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1587/004",
"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--bbc3cba7-84ae-410d-b18b-16750731dfa2",
"external_id": "T1587.004",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-10-01T01:48:15.511Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.711Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"resource-development"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Irongeek Sims BSides 2017",
"url": "https://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/bsidescharm2017/bsidescharm-2017-t111-microsoft-patch-analysis-for-exploitation-stephen-sims"
},
{
"source_name": "NYTStuxnet",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (8)
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ATTACK:enterprise:C0062 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--82a8a34c-a439-463a-822b-9305e30b0b32
Anthropic AI Orchestrated Campaign NOV 2025ATTACK:enterprise:G1017 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--88342067-1634-4ffb-8b77-4533952d6bb7
CISA AA24-038A PRC Critical Infrastructure February 2024ATTACK:enterprise:G1048 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9d4acc40-51a4-4d42-acdb-1e0e911bcd59
Google Cloud Mandiant UNC3886 2024 · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence VMWare ESXi Zero-Day 2023 · Mandiant Fortinet Zero DayATTACK:enterprise:G0065 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b34ac4fc-95fc-4ebb-9d83-f94de511a775
CISA Leviathan 2024ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c185a6ee-4897-49e0-801a-6c050054661f
ATTACK:enterprise:M1056 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c5811e32-72d6-4ac8-8769-15772e7ac50f
ATTACK:enterprise:C0064 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--cd3af557-70d4-414c-a49f-ca051edaf6de
AI-Mexico-Govt-BreachATTACK:enterprise:G1057 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1587.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e66f8174-7b2f-43bc-885e-fab4859398fb
Google_SHOracle_Jun2026