Plist File Modification
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1647
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1647",
"title": "Plist File Modification",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1647",
"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--7d20fff9-8751-404e-badd-ccd71bda0236",
"external_id": "T1647",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2022-04-09T15:06:32.458Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.644Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"defense-impairment"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "eset_osx_flashback",
"url": "https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/200x/white-papers/osx_flashback.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "fileinfo plist file description",
"url": "https://fileinfo.com/extension/plist"
},
{
"source_name": "wardle chp2 persistence",
"url": "https://taomm.org/PDFs/vol1/CH%200x02%20Persistence.pdf"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (3)
First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.
ATTACK:enterprise:S1153 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1647
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3901752d-473d-49da-9139-3c1e0b8091d2
Kandji Cuckoo April 2024 · SentinelOne Cuckoo Stealer May 2024ATTACK:enterprise:M1013 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1647
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3c5b3ca4-af5a-47dd-8dd4-57d2a690c2a9
Apple Developer Doco Hardened RuntimeATTACK:enterprise:S0658 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1647
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d4992852-13b0-4bfb-aee3-09d658a52785
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