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T1516: Input Injection

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Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1516
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
17/12/2025 22:48
Modified
27/03/2026 01:41
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

T1516

Platforms

android

Description

A malicious application can inject input to the user interface to mimic user interaction through the abuse of Android's accessibility APIs. [Input Injection](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1516) can be achieved using any of the following methods: * Mimicking user clicks on the screen, for example to steal money from a user's PayPal account.(Citation: android-trojan-steals-paypal-2fa) * Injecting global actions, such as `GLOBAL_ACTION_BACK` (programatically mimicking a physical back button press), to trigger actions on behalf of the user.(Citation: Talos Gustuff Apr 2019) * Inserting input into text fields on behalf of the user. This method is used legitimately to auto-fill text fields by applications such as password managers.(Citation: bitwarden autofill logins)

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-mobile-attack defense-evasion
mitre-mobile-attack impact

Marking (TLP)

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