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T0857: System Firmware

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 21/05/2020 19:43 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:44

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T0857
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
21/05/2020 19:43
Modified
27/03/2026 01:44
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Description

System firmware on modern assets is often designed with an update feature. Older device firmware may be factory installed and require special reprograming equipment. When available, the firmware update feature enables vendors to remotely patch bugs and perform upgrades. Device firmware updates are often delegated to the user and may be done using a software update package. It may also be possible to perform this task over the network. An adversary may exploit the firmware update feature on accessible devices to upload malicious or out-of-date firmware. Malicious modification of device firmware may provide an adversary with root access to a device, given firmware is one of the lowest programming abstraction layers. (Citation: Basnight, Zachry, et al.)

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-ics-attack inhibit-response-function
mitre-ics-attack persistence

Marking (TLP)

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