T1427: Attack PC via USB Connection
Essential information
- MITRE technique ID
T1427- Confidence
- 100/100
- Revoked
- No
- Published
- 17/12/2025 22:48
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:41
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
Aliases
T1427
Platforms
android
Description
With escalated privileges, an adversary could program the mobile device to impersonate USB devices such as input devices (keyboard and mouse), storage devices, and/or networking devices in order to attack a physically connected PC(Citation: Wang-ExploitingUSB)(Citation: ArsTechnica-PoisonTap) This technique has been demonstrated on Android. We are unaware of any demonstrations on iOS.
Kill chain phases
| Kill chain | Phase |
|---|---|
| mitre-mobile-attack | lateral-movement |
Marking (TLP)
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