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T1014: T1014

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 31/05/2017 23:30 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:10

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1014
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
31/05/2017 23:30
Modified
27/03/2026 01:10
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Rootkit

Platforms

windows macos linux

Description

Adversaries may use rootkits to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components. Rootkits are programs that hide the existence of malware by intercepting/hooking and modifying operating system API calls that supply system information. (Citation: Symantec Windows Rootkits) Rootkits or rootkit enabling functionality may reside at the user or kernel level in the operating system or lower, to include a hypervisor or [System Firmware](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/001). (Citation: Wikipedia Rootkit) Rootkits have been seen for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems. (Citation: CrowdStrike Linux Rootkit) (Citation: BlackHat Mac OSX Rootkit) Rootkits that reside or modify boot sectors are known as [Bootkit](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/003)s and specifically target the boot process of the operating system.

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack defense-evasion

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

Intrusion sets, malware, reports, vulnerabilities, indicators and other entities linked to this technique.