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VDSO Hijacking - T1055.014

(ATT&CK® Technique)
Definition

Adversaries may inject malicious code into processes via VDSO hijacking in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges. Virtual dynamic shared object (vdso) hijacking is a method of executing arbitrary code in the address space of a separate live process.
D3FEND Inferred Relationships

Browse the D3FEND knowledge graph by clicking on the nodes below.
        graph LR;

     T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] --> |invokes| SystemCall["System Call"]; class T1055014 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class SystemCall ArtifactNode; click SystemCall href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemCall";
        click T1055014 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1055.014/"; click SystemCall href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemCall"; T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] --> |accesses| SharedLibraryFile["Shared Library File"]; class T1055014 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class SharedLibraryFile ArtifactNode; click SharedLibraryFile href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SharedLibraryFile";
        click T1055014 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1055.014/"; click SharedLibraryFile href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SharedLibraryFile";                          FileEviction["File Eviction"] -->
          | deletes | SharedLibraryFile["Shared Library File"];

          FileEviction["File Eviction"] -.->
            | May Evict | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class FileEviction DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SharedLibraryFile ArtifactNode;
          click FileEviction href "/technique/d3f:FileEviction"; FileEncryption["File Encryption"] -->
          | encrypts | SharedLibraryFile["Shared Library File"];

          FileEncryption["File Encryption"] -.->
            | May Harden | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class FileEncryption DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SharedLibraryFile ArtifactNode;
          click FileEncryption href "/technique/d3f:FileEncryption"; LocalFilePermissions["Local File Permissions"] -->
          | restricts | SharedLibraryFile["Shared Library File"];

          LocalFilePermissions["Local File Permissions"] -.->
            | May Harden | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class LocalFilePermissions DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SharedLibraryFile ArtifactNode;
          click LocalFilePermissions href "/technique/d3f:LocalFilePermissions";                                        DecoyFile["Decoy File"] -->
          | spoofs | SharedLibraryFile["Shared Library File"];

          DecoyFile["Decoy File"] -.->
            | May Deceive | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class DecoyFile DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SharedLibraryFile ArtifactNode;
          click DecoyFile href "/technique/d3f:DecoyFile"; SystemCallAnalysis["System Call Analysis"] -->
          | analyzes | SystemCall["System Call"];

          SystemCallAnalysis["System Call Analysis"] -.->
            | May Detect | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class SystemCallAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SystemCall ArtifactNode;
          click SystemCallAnalysis href "/technique/d3f:SystemCallAnalysis";                           RestoreFile["Restore File"] -->
          | restores | SharedLibraryFile["Shared Library File"];

          RestoreFile["Restore File"] -.->
            | May Restore | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class RestoreFile DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SharedLibraryFile ArtifactNode;
          click RestoreFile href "/technique/d3f:RestoreFile"; FileIntegrityMonitoring["File Integrity Monitoring"] -->
          | analyzes | SharedLibraryFile["Shared Library File"];

          FileIntegrityMonitoring["File Integrity Monitoring"] -.->
            | May Detect | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class FileIntegrityMonitoring DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SharedLibraryFile ArtifactNode;
          click FileIntegrityMonitoring href "/technique/d3f:FileIntegrityMonitoring";                           FileAnalysis["File Analysis"] -->
          | analyzes | SharedLibraryFile["Shared Library File"];

          FileAnalysis["File Analysis"] -.->
            | May Detect | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class FileAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SharedLibraryFile ArtifactNode;
          click FileAnalysis href "/technique/d3f:FileAnalysis";            SystemCallFiltering["System Call Filtering"] -->
          | filters | SystemCall["System Call"];

          SystemCallFiltering["System Call Filtering"] -.->
            | May Isolate | T1055014["VDSO Hijacking"] ;
          class SystemCallFiltering DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SystemCall ArtifactNode;
          click SystemCallFiltering href "/technique/d3f:SystemCallFiltering";
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