216.73.217.50

Gooligan

The MITRE Corporation · Published 25/10/2017 16:48 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:41 Family

Essential information

Confidence
100/100
Is family
Yes
Published
25/10/2017 16:48
Modified
27/03/2026 01:41
Revoked
No
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation
Related entities
3 attack patterns (mitre)

Aliases

Ghost Push

Description

[Gooligan](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0290) is a malware family that runs privilege escalation exploits on Android devices and then uses its escalated privileges to steal authentication tokens that can be used to access data from many Google applications. [Gooligan](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0290) has been described as part of the Ghost Push Android malware family. (Citation: Gooligan Citation) (Citation: Ludwig-GhostPush) (Citation: Lookout-Gooligan)

Marking (TLP)

Copyright 2015-2025, The MITRE Corporation. MITRE ATT&CK and ATT&CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation.

External references