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Slot: external_references

References to non-STIX information about the object.

URI: stix:external_references

Name Description Modifies Slot
StixCommonObject The base of the objects that carry STIX’s common properties: the domain and r… no
StixMarkingDefinition A marking definition: a statement, a Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) level or an… no
AttackTechnique A technique: how an adversary achieves a tactic’s goal yes
AttackTactic A tactic: an adversary’s goal, the reason for a technique yes
AttackGroup A group: a set of related intrusion activity that the security community trac… yes
AttackCampaign A campaign: intrusion activity over a stated period against common targets, w… yes
AttackMalware Malware: commercial, custom or open-source software an adversary uses for mal… yes
AttackTool A tool: software, often legitimate, that an adversary uses, such as a penetra… yes
AttackMitigation A mitigation: a security concept or class of technology that can stop a techn… yes
AttackMatrix A matrix: the tactics of a domain, in order, under which its techniques are l… yes
AttackCollection A collection: a set of objects, each at one version, published together no
AttackAsset An asset: a device or system in an industrial control system that techniques … yes
AttackDataSource A data source: a kind of information that can be collected to detect techniqu… yes
AttackDataComponent A data component: a specific kind of data, such as process creation, with the… no
AttackDetectionStrategy A detection strategy: an approach to detecting a technique, carried out by an… yes
AttackAnalytic An analytic: detection logic for one platform, with the logs it reads and the… yes
AttackRelationship A relationship between two ATT&CK objects, of one of the seven types ATT&CK u… no
AttackIdentity The identity of an organization that creates ATT&CK objects; in MITRE’s data,… no
AttackMarkingDefinition A marking definition for ATT&CK objects, such as MITRE’s copyright statement,… no
StixDomainObject A STIX Domain Object (SDO): a higher-level concept of cyber threat intelligen… no
StixRelationshipObject A STIX Relationship Object (SRO): a relationship or a sighting that links oth… no
StixIdentity An individual, organization or group, such as ACME, Inc no
StixLanguageContent The language-content object represents text content for STIX Objects represen… no
StixExtensionDefinition The STIX Extension Definition object allows producers of threat intelligence … no
StixAttackPattern Attack Patterns are a type of TTP that describe ways that adversaries attempt… no
StixCampaign A Campaign is a grouping of adversary behavior that describes a set of malici… no
StixCourseOfAction A Course of Action is an action taken either to prevent an attack or to respo… no
StixGrouping A Grouping object explicitly asserts that the referenced STIX Objects have a … no
StixIncident The Incident object in STIX 2 no
StixIndicator Indicators contain a pattern that can be used to detect suspicious or malicio… no
StixInfrastructure Infrastructure objects describe systems, software services, and associated ph… no
StixIntrusionSet An Intrusion Set is a grouped set of adversary behavior and resources with co… no
StixLocation A geographic location, given as a region, a civic address, a latitude and lon… no
StixMalware Malicious code: a program inserted into a system, usually covertly, to compro… no
StixMalwareAnalysis Malware Analysis captures the metadata and results of a particular analysis p… no
StixNote A Note is a comment or note containing informative text to help explain the c… no
StixObservedData Observed data conveys information that was observed on systems and networks, … no
StixOpinion An Opinion is an assessment of the correctness of the information in a STIX O… no
StixReport Reports are collections of threat intelligence focused on one or more topics,… no
StixThreatActor Threat Actors are actual individuals, groups, or organizations believed to be… no
StixTool Tools are legitimate software that can be used by threat actors to perform at… no
StixVulnerability A Vulnerability is a mistake in software that can be directly used by a hacke… no
StixRelationship The Relationship object is used to link together two SDOs in order to describ… no
StixSighting The belief that something in cyber threat intelligence, such as an indicator,… no
Property Value
Range StixExternalReference
Domain Of StixCommonObject, StixMarkingDefinition
Slot URI stix:external_references
Property Value
Multivalued Yes
Minimum Cardinality 1
Mapping Type Mapped Value
self stix:external_references
native attack:external_references
close uco-core:externalReference
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
domain_of:
- StixCommonObject
- StixMarkingDefinition
range: StixExternalReference
multivalued: true
inlined: true
inlined_as_list: true
minimum_cardinality: 1