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T1204.001: T1204.001

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 11/03/2020 15:43 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:12

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1204.001
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
11/03/2020 15:43
Modified
27/03/2026 01:12
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Malicious Link

Platforms

windows macos linux

Description

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to click on a link that will lead to code execution. This user action will typically be observed as follow-on behavior from [Spearphishing Link](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/002). Clicking on a link may also lead to other execution techniques such as exploitation of a browser or application vulnerability via [Exploitation for Client Execution](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1203). Links may also lead users to download files that require execution via [Malicious File](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1204/002).

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack execution

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

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