MITRE ATT&CKtechnique

T1006 Direct Volume Access

Published 2017-05-31 Modified 2026-05-12 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Stealth
Platforms
Network Devices, Windows
Version
3.0
Created
2017-05-31

Description

Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring. Windows allows programs to have direct access to logical volumes. Programs with direct access may read and write files directly from the drive by analyzing file system data structures. This technique may bypass Windows file access controls as well as file system monitoring tools. Utilities, such as `NinjaCopy`, exist to perform these actions in PowerShell. Adversaries may also use built-in or third-party utilities (such as `vssadmin`, `wbadmin`, and esentutl) to create shadow copies or backups of data from system volumes.

Related

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Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (2)

  • M1040 Behavior Prevention on Endpoint mitigation
  • M1018 User Account Management mitigation

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  • G1015 Scattered Spider group
  • S0404 esentutl software (tool)

Referenced by Compliance · mitigates (1)

  • CIS-13.7 Deploy a Host-Based Intrusion Prevention Solution CIS Safeguard v8.1

References