File and Directory Discovery
Enumerate files and directories on a compromised host — find sensitive files, SUID binaries, configs.
§ Where this technique fits
T1083 is catalogued under the Discovery tactic of the offensive-security kill-chain. It appears in 6 approved dossiers in the registry, typically at step 2.7 on average.
Authoritative reference: attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1083/.
§ Dossiers chaining this technique
- step 2 / 5
LoRaWAN replay → spoof environmental sensor
Capture LoRaWAN uplinks from a target sensor. Devices that reset FCnt on reboot accept replayed frames — feed false readings into the upstream IoT platform.
- step 2 / 5
User foothold → keychain dump → cloud creds
Standard user shell on macOS. Brute the login.keychain master via ChainBreaker / a keylogged password; dump all entries — Safari saved creds, AWS keys, Slack tokens, SSO cookies.
- step 2 / 5
SUID binary → root via GTFOBins
Find an unusual SUID binary (find / nmap / vim / awk / less), check GTFOBins for the privilege-escalation primitive, spawn a root shell.
- step 3 / 5
BLE eavesdrop + replay → smart lock open
Smart lock uses BLE Just-Works pairing + plaintext 'unlock' opcode. Sniff once with a nRF52 in monitor mode, replay later from a $10 device.
- step 3 / 6
Exported ContentProvider → private data leak
App exports a ContentProvider for legitimate inter-app integration but forgets to enforce grantUri / signature permissions — a rogue installed app reads private auth tokens.
- step 4 / 6
Evil maid → sniff TPM unseal → decrypt BitLocker offline
Brief physical access to a TPM-only BitLocker laptop. Plug a logic analyser onto the LPC / SPI bus; capture the FVEK as the TPM unseals it at boot. Take the disk home, decrypt offline.
§ What commonly comes next
- 01BLE Replayseen 1×IOT-BLE-REPLAY · Lateral Movement
- 02LoRaWAN Replay / FCnt Resetseen 1×OT-LORAWAN-REPLAY · Impact
- 03SUID Binary Abuseseen 1×L-SUID-ABUSE · Privilege Escalation
- 04Unsecured Credentialsseen 1×T1552 · Credential Access
- 05Valid Accountsseen 1×T1078 · Initial Access
- 06macOS Keychain Dumpseen 1×MAC-KEYCHAIN-DUMP · Credential Access