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T1570: T1570

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 11/03/2020 22:01 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:11

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1570
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
11/03/2020 22:01
Modified
27/03/2026 01:11
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Lateral Tool Transfer

Platforms

windows macos linux ESXi

Description

Adversaries may transfer tools or other files between systems in a compromised environment. Once brought into the victim environment (i.e., [Ingress Tool Transfer](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105)) files may then be copied from one system to another to stage adversary tools or other files over the course of an operation. Adversaries may copy files between internal victim systems to support lateral movement using inherent file sharing protocols such as file sharing over [SMB/Windows Admin Shares](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/002) to connected network shares or with authenticated connections via [Remote Desktop Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/001).(Citation: Unit42 LockerGoga 2019) Files can also be transferred using native or otherwise present tools on the victim system, such as scp, rsync, curl, sftp, and [ftp](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0095). In some cases, adversaries may be able to leverage [Web Service](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1102)s such as Dropbox or OneDrive to copy files from one machine to another via shared, automatically synced folders.(Citation: Dropbox Malware Sync)

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack lateral-movement

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

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