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Class: AttackTool

A tool: software, often legitimate, that an adversary uses, such as a penetration-testing or administration tool. ATT&CK counts it as software, with an ATT&CK ID of S and four digits.

URI: attack:AttackTool

 classDiagram
    class AttackTool
    click AttackTool href "../AttackTool/"
      StixTool <|-- AttackTool
        click StixTool href "../StixTool/"
      
      AttackTool : aliases
        
      AttackTool : confidence
        
      AttackTool : created
        
      AttackTool : created_by_ref
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1" StixIdentity : created_by_ref
        click StixIdentity href "../StixIdentity/"
    

        
      AttackTool : description
        
      AttackTool : extensions
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "0..1" StixExtensions : extensions
        click StixExtensions href "../StixExtensions/"
    

        
      AttackTool : external_references
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1..*" StixExternalReference : external_references
        click StixExternalReference href "../StixExternalReference/"
    

        
      AttackTool : granular_markings
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1..*" StixGranularMarking : granular_markings
        click StixGranularMarking href "../StixGranularMarking/"
    

        
      AttackTool : id
        
      AttackTool : kill_chain_phases
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1..*" StixKillChainPhase : kill_chain_phases
        click StixKillChainPhase href "../StixKillChainPhase/"
    

        
      AttackTool : labels
        
      AttackTool : lang
        
      AttackTool : modified
        
      AttackTool : name
        
      AttackTool : object_marking_refs
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1..*" StixMarkingDefinition : object_marking_refs
        click StixMarkingDefinition href "../StixMarkingDefinition/"
    

        
      AttackTool : revoked
        
      AttackTool : spec_version
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1" StixSpecVersion : spec_version
        click StixSpecVersion href "../StixSpecVersion/"
    

        
      AttackTool : tool_types
        
      AttackTool : tool_version
        
      AttackTool : type
        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_aliases
        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_attack_spec_version
        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_contributors
        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_deprecated
        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_domains
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1..*" AttackDomain : x_mitre_domains
        click AttackDomain href "../AttackDomain/"
    

        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_modified_by_ref
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1" StixIdentity : x_mitre_modified_by_ref
        click StixIdentity href "../StixIdentity/"
    

        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_old_attack_id
        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_platforms
        
          
    
        
        
        AttackTool --> "1..*" AttackPlatform : x_mitre_platforms
        click AttackPlatform href "../AttackPlatform/"
    

        
      AttackTool : x_mitre_version
        
      
Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
x_mitre_attack_spec_version 1
String
The version of the ATT&CK specification the object follows, as MAJOR direct
x_mitre_version 1
String
The version of the object’s content, as MAJOR direct
x_mitre_deprecated 0..1
Boolean
Whether ATT&CK has deprecated the object direct
x_mitre_old_attack_id 0..1
String
An ATT&CK ID the object had before Mobile ATT&CK’s objects were renumbered, s… direct
x_mitre_domains 1..*
AttackDomain
The ATT&CK domains the object belongs to direct
x_mitre_modified_by_ref 1
StixIdentity
The identity that made the current version of the object: always The MITRE Co… direct
x_mitre_contributors 1..*
String
The people and organizations who contributed to the object direct
x_mitre_platforms 1..*
AttackPlatform
The platforms the object applies to, each named once direct
x_mitre_aliases 1..*
String
Other names of a piece of software direct
aliases 1..*
String
Other names by which the object is known StixTool
tool_types 1..*
String or 
StixToolType
The kinds of tool, such as remote-access StixTool
name 1
String
A name that identifies the object StixTool
description 1
String
A description of the object, which may be long StixTool
tool_version 0..1
String
The version identifier associated with the tool StixTool
kill_chain_phases 1..*
StixKillChainPhase
The kill chain phases to which the object corresponds StixTool
created_by_ref 1
StixIdentity
A reference to the identity of the object’s creator StixCommonObject
created 1
StixTimestampMillis
The time at which the object, or its first version, was created StixCommonObject
modified 1
StixTimestampMillis
The time at which this version of the object was modified StixCommonObject
revoked 0..1
Boolean
The revoked property indicates whether the object has been revoked StixCommonObject
labels 1..*
String
The labels property specifies a set of terms used to describe this object StixCommonObject
confidence 0..1
Integer
Identifies the confidence that the creator has in the correctness of their da… StixCommonObject
lang 0..1
String
The language of the text content, as an RFC 5646 language code StixCommonObject
external_references 1..*
StixExternalReference
References to non-STIX information about the object StixCommonObject
id 1
StixIdentifier
The identifier of the object: its STIX type, two hyphens and a UUID StixObject
type 1
String
The STIX type name of the object, such as attack-pattern StixObject
spec_version 1
StixSpecVersion
The version of the STIX specification used to represent the object StixObject
object_marking_refs 1..*
StixMarkingDefinition
References to the marking definitions that apply to the object StixObject
granular_markings 1..*
StixGranularMarking
The granular markings that apply to parts of the object StixObject
extensions 0..1
StixExtensions
The object’s extensions, as a dictionary keyed by extension name StixObject
property value
stix_type tool
attack_id_pattern ^S\d{4}$
Mapping Type Mapped Value
self attack:AttackTool
native attack:AttackTool
name: AttackTool
annotations:
stix_type:
tag: stix_type
value: tool
attack_id_pattern:
tag: attack_id_pattern
value: ^S\d{4}$
description: 'A tool: software, often legitimate, that an adversary uses, such as
a penetration-testing or administration tool. ATT&CK counts it as software, with
an ATT&CK ID of S and four digits.'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
is_a: StixTool
slots:
- x_mitre_attack_spec_version
- x_mitre_version
- x_mitre_deprecated
- x_mitre_old_attack_id
- x_mitre_domains
- x_mitre_modified_by_ref
- x_mitre_contributors
- x_mitre_platforms
- x_mitre_aliases
slot_usage:
created_by_ref:
name: created_by_ref
required: true
description:
name: description
required: true
external_references:
name: external_references
required: true
x_mitre_attack_spec_version:
name: x_mitre_attack_spec_version
required: true
x_mitre_version:
name: x_mitre_version
required: true
x_mitre_domains:
name: x_mitre_domains
required: true
x_mitre_modified_by_ref:
name: x_mitre_modified_by_ref
required: true
x_mitre_old_attack_id:
name: x_mitre_old_attack_id
pattern: ^MOB-S\d{4}$
name: AttackTool
annotations:
stix_type:
tag: stix_type
value: tool
attack_id_pattern:
tag: attack_id_pattern
value: ^S\d{4}$
description: 'A tool: software, often legitimate, that an adversary uses, such as
a penetration-testing or administration tool. ATT&CK counts it as software, with
an ATT&CK ID of S and four digits.'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
is_a: StixTool
slot_usage:
created_by_ref:
name: created_by_ref
required: true
description:
name: description
required: true
external_references:
name: external_references
required: true
x_mitre_attack_spec_version:
name: x_mitre_attack_spec_version
required: true
x_mitre_version:
name: x_mitre_version
required: true
x_mitre_domains:
name: x_mitre_domains
required: true
x_mitre_modified_by_ref:
name: x_mitre_modified_by_ref
required: true
x_mitre_old_attack_id:
name: x_mitre_old_attack_id
pattern: ^MOB-S\d{4}$
attributes:
x_mitre_attack_spec_version:
name: x_mitre_attack_spec_version
description: The version of the ATT&CK specification the object follows, as MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.
Without it, an object is read as version 2.0.0.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_attack_spec_version
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTechnique
- AttackTactic
- AttackGroup
- AttackCampaign
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
- AttackMitigation
- AttackMatrix
- AttackCollection
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDataComponent
- AttackDetectionStrategy
- AttackAnalytic
- AttackRelationship
- AttackIdentity
range: string
required: true
pattern: ^(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)$
x_mitre_version:
name: x_mitre_version
description: The version of the object's content, as MAJOR.MINOR with each number
between 0 and 99. ATT&CK raises it when the content changes.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_version
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTechnique
- AttackTactic
- AttackGroup
- AttackCampaign
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
- AttackMitigation
- AttackMatrix
- AttackCollection
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDataComponent
- AttackDetectionStrategy
- AttackAnalytic
range: string
required: true
pattern: ^\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}$
x_mitre_deprecated:
name: x_mitre_deprecated
description: Whether ATT&CK has deprecated the object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_deprecated
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTechnique
- AttackTactic
- AttackGroup
- AttackCampaign
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
- AttackMitigation
- AttackMatrix
- AttackCollection
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDataComponent
- AttackDetectionStrategy
- AttackAnalytic
- AttackRelationship
- AttackIdentity
range: boolean
x_mitre_old_attack_id:
name: x_mitre_old_attack_id
description: An ATT&CK ID the object had before Mobile ATT&CK's objects were renumbered,
such as MOB-S0012.
deprecated: The ADM v4.11.7 marks it as deprecated, a legacy of the Mobile IDs
that current ATT&CK IDs replaced, and names no release that removes it.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_old_attack_id
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTechnique
- AttackTactic
- AttackGroup
- AttackCampaign
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
- AttackMitigation
- AttackMatrix
- AttackCollection
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDataComponent
- AttackDetectionStrategy
- AttackAnalytic
- AttackRelationship
- AttackIdentity
range: string
pattern: ^MOB-S\d{4}$
x_mitre_domains:
name: x_mitre_domains
description: The ATT&CK domains the object belongs to.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_domains
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTechnique
- AttackTactic
- AttackGroup
- AttackCampaign
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
- AttackMitigation
- AttackMatrix
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDataComponent
- AttackDetectionStrategy
- AttackAnalytic
range: AttackDomain
required: true
multivalued: true
minimum_cardinality: 1
x_mitre_modified_by_ref:
name: x_mitre_modified_by_ref
description: 'The identity that made the current version of the object: always
The MITRE Corporation''s. Earlier versions may have had other authors.'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_modified_by_ref
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTechnique
- AttackTactic
- AttackGroup
- AttackCampaign
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
- AttackMitigation
- AttackMatrix
- AttackCollection
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDataComponent
- AttackDetectionStrategy
- AttackAnalytic
- AttackRelationship
range: StixIdentity
required: true
pattern: ^identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5$
x_mitre_contributors:
name: x_mitre_contributors
description: The people and organizations who contributed to the object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_contributors
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTechnique
- AttackTactic
- AttackGroup
- AttackCampaign
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
- AttackMitigation
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDetectionStrategy
range: string
multivalued: true
pattern: \S
minimum_cardinality: 1
x_mitre_platforms:
name: x_mitre_platforms
description: The platforms the object applies to, each named once.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_platforms
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTechnique
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackAnalytic
range: AttackPlatform
multivalued: true
minimum_cardinality: 1
x_mitre_aliases:
name: x_mitre_aliases
description: Other names of a piece of software. The first is the software's own
name.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: attack:x_mitre_aliases
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackMalware
- AttackTool
range: string
multivalued: true
pattern: \S
minimum_cardinality: 1
aliases:
name: aliases
description: Other names by which the object is known.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:aliases
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixAttackPattern
- StixCampaign
- StixInfrastructure
- StixIntrusionSet
- StixMalware
- StixThreatActor
- StixTool
range: string
multivalued: true
minimum_cardinality: 1
tool_types:
name: tool_types
description: The kinds of tool, such as remote-access.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:tool_types
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixTool
range: string
multivalued: true
minimum_cardinality: 1
any_of:
- range: StixToolType
- range: string
name:
name: name
description: A name that identifies the object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:name
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:name
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTactic
- AttackMatrix
- AttackCollection
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDataComponent
- AttackDetectionStrategy
- AttackAnalytic
- AttackRelatedAsset
- AttackLogSource
- AttackLogSourceReference
- StixIdentity
- StixMarkingDefinition
- StixExtensionDefinition
- StixAutonomousSystem
- StixFile
- StixMutex
- StixSoftware
- StixAlternateDataStream
- StixWindowsPeSection
- StixWindowsRegistryValue
- StixAttackPattern
- StixCampaign
- StixCourseOfAction
- StixGrouping
- StixIncident
- StixIndicator
- StixInfrastructure
- StixIntrusionSet
- StixLocation
- StixMalware
- StixReport
- StixThreatActor
- StixTool
- StixVulnerability
range: string
required: true
description:
name: description
description: A description of the object, which may be long.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:description
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:description
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- AttackTactic
- AttackMatrix
- AttackCollection
- AttackAsset
- AttackDataSource
- AttackDataComponent
- AttackAnalytic
- AttackRelatedAsset
- AttackMutableElement
- StixIdentity
- StixExtensionDefinition
- StixExternalReference
- StixAttackPattern
- StixCampaign
- StixCourseOfAction
- StixGrouping
- StixIncident
- StixIndicator
- StixInfrastructure
- StixIntrusionSet
- StixLocation
- StixMalware
- StixReport
- StixThreatActor
- StixTool
- StixVulnerability
- StixRelationship
- StixSighting
range: string
required: true
tool_version:
name: tool_version
description: The version identifier associated with the tool.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:tool_version
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixTool
range: string
kill_chain_phases:
name: kill_chain_phases
description: The kill chain phases to which the object corresponds.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:kill_chain_phases
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixAttackPattern
- StixIndicator
- StixInfrastructure
- StixMalware
- StixTool
range: StixKillChainPhase
multivalued: true
inlined: true
inlined_as_list: true
minimum_cardinality: 1
created_by_ref:
name: created_by_ref
description: A reference to the identity of the object's creator.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:createdBy
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:created_by_ref
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
- StixMarkingDefinition
range: StixIdentity
required: true
pattern: ^identity--[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
created:
name: created
description: The time at which the object, or its first version, was created.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:objectCreatedTime
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:created
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
- StixMarkingDefinition
range: stix_timestamp_millis
required: true
modified:
name: modified
description: The time at which this version of the object was modified.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:modifiedTime
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:modified
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
range: stix_timestamp_millis
required: true
revoked:
name: revoked
description: The revoked property indicates whether the object has been revoked.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:revoked
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
range: boolean
labels:
name: labels
description: The labels property specifies a set of terms used to describe this
object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:tag
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:labels
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
range: string
multivalued: true
minimum_cardinality: 1
confidence:
name: confidence
description: Identifies the confidence that the creator has in the correctness
of their data.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:confidence
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:confidence
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
range: integer
minimum_value: 0
maximum_value: 100
lang:
name: lang
description: The language of the text content, as an RFC 5646 language code.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:lang
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
- StixGranularMarking
range: string
external_references:
name: external_references
description: References to non-STIX information about the object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:externalReference
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:external_references
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
- StixMarkingDefinition
range: StixExternalReference
required: true
multivalued: true
inlined: true
inlined_as_list: true
minimum_cardinality: 1
id:
name: id
description: 'The identifier of the object: its STIX type, two hyphens and a UUID.
Each class narrows the type.'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:id
identifier: true
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixObject
- StixBundle
range: stix_identifier
required: true
pattern: ^tool--[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
type:
name: type
description: The STIX type name of the object, such as attack-pattern. Each class
pins its own.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:type
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixObject
- StixBundle
range: string
required: true
pattern: ^([a-z][a-z0-9]*)+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\-?$
equals_string: tool
spec_version:
name: spec_version
description: The version of the STIX specification used to represent the object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:spec_version
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixObject
range: StixSpecVersion
required: true
object_marking_refs:
name: object_marking_refs
description: References to the marking definitions that apply to the object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
close_mappings:
- uco-core:objectMarking
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:object_marking_refs
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixObject
range: StixMarkingDefinition
multivalued: true
pattern: ^marking-definition--[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
minimum_cardinality: 1
granular_markings:
name: granular_markings
description: The granular markings that apply to parts of the object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:granular_markings
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixObject
range: StixGranularMarking
multivalued: true
inlined: true
inlined_as_list: true
minimum_cardinality: 1
extensions:
name: extensions
description: The object's extensions, as a dictionary keyed by extension name.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/attack
rank: 1000
slot_uri: stix:extensions
owner: AttackTool
domain_of:
- StixObject
range: StixExtensions
inlined: true