cti/mobile-attack/x-mitre-analytic/x-mitre-analytic--b755f519-cc0c-44a4-865f-fa9ead44590f.json

{
    "type": "bundle",
    "id": "bundle--74a445d8-1ad8-4f32-aaec-ed5ee46cc621",
    "spec_version": "2.0",
    "objects": [
        {
            "type": "x-mitre-analytic",
            "id": "x-mitre-analytic--b755f519-cc0c-44a4-865f-fa9ead44590f",
            "created": "2025-10-21T15:10:28.402Z",
            "created_by_ref": "identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5",
            "revoked": false,
            "external_references": [
                {
                    "source_name": "mitre-attack",
                    "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/detectionstrategies/DET0621#AN1684",
                    "external_id": "AN1684"
                }
            ],
            "object_marking_refs": [
                "marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
            ],
            "modified": "2026-01-29T18:00:59.178Z",
            "name": "Analytic 1684",
            "description": "Defender correlates attempts to access other apps\u2019 data via shared containers (App Groups), Photos/Files providers, pasteboard abuse, or jailbroken cross-container reads, followed by aggregation/packaging and optional exfil/share. Sequence: capability/consent (TCC/entitlements) \u2192 target discovery (AppGroup/Photos/Files enumeration, URL schemes) \u2192 bulk read from shared/foreign container or provider \u2192 package/encode \u2192 exfil/share.",
            "x_mitre_modified_by_ref": "identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5",
            "x_mitre_deprecated": false,
            "x_mitre_version": "1.1",
            "x_mitre_attack_spec_version": "3.3.0",
            "x_mitre_domains": [
                "mobile-attack"
            ],
            "x_mitre_platforms": [
                "iOS"
            ],
            "x_mitre_log_source_references": [
                {
                    "x_mitre_data_component_ref": "x-mitre-data-component--1887a270-576a-4049-84de-ef746b2572d6",
                    "name": "iOS:unifiedlog",
                    "channel": "Privacy (TCC) prompts/grants for Photos/Files or access changes indicating new visibility into user/app data"
                },
                {
                    "x_mitre_data_component_ref": "x-mitre-data-component--235b7491-2d2b-4617-9a52-3c0783680f71",
                    "name": "iOS:unifiedlog",
                    "channel": "READ operations from App Group containers (/var/mobile/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/...) or Files/Photos provider mountpoints, especially when group not owned by bundle"
                },
                {
                    "x_mitre_data_component_ref": "x-mitre-data-component--9c2fa0ae-7abc-485a-97f6-699e3b6cf9fa",
                    "name": "iOS:unifiedlog",
                    "channel": "Repeated or large UIPasteboard reads; background pasteboard access shortly before packaging"
                },
                {
                    "x_mitre_data_component_ref": "x-mitre-data-component--2b3bfe19-d59a-460d-93bb-2f546adc2d2c",
                    "name": "iOS:unifiedlog",
                    "channel": "CREATE/WRITE of archive/container (.zip/.gz/.7z/.db export) aggregating recently read items"
                }
            ],
            "x_mitre_mutable_elements": [
                {
                    "field": "TimeWindowSeconds",
                    "description": "Correlation window for consent/discovery \u2192 read \u2192 package \u2192 exfil (e.g., 20\u2013180s)."
                },
                {
                    "field": "AppGroupAllowlist",
                    "description": "Allowed App Group IDs for each bundle to reduce FPs."
                },
                {
                    "field": "ProviderScope",
                    "description": "Files/Photos provider collections permitted for the app."
                },
                {
                    "field": "MinBytesRead",
                    "description": "Lower bound on cumulative read size to signal collection vs casual access."
                },
                {
                    "field": "ArchiveExtensions",
                    "description": "Packaging extensions to track when aggregating data."
                },
                {
                    "field": "ExfilDomainAllowlist",
                    "description": "Known-good enterprise domains/CDNs for uploads."
                },
                {
                    "field": "UserContext",
                    "description": "Foreground/background and Work Profile state to scope analytics."
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}