MITRE ATT&CKtechnique

T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

Published 2017-05-31 Modified 2026-09-03 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Exfiltration
Platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows
Version
1.4
Created
2017-05-31

Description

Adversaries may attempt to exfiltrate data via a physical medium, such as a removable drive. In certain circumstances, such as an air-gapped network compromise, exfiltration could occur via a physical medium or device introduced by a user. Such media could be an external hard drive, USB drive, cellular phone, MP3 player, or other removable storage and processing device. The physical medium or device could be used as the final exfiltration point or to hop between otherwise disconnected systems.

Related

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (3)

  • M1057 Data Loss Prevention mitigation
  • M1034 Limit Hardware Installation mitigation
  • M1042 Disable or Remove Feature or Program mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · subtechnique of (1)

  • T1052.001 Exfiltration over USB sub-technique

Referenced by CAPEC · att&ck technique (1)

  • CAPEC-675 Retrieve Data from Decommissioned Devices attack pattern

Referenced by Compliance · mitigates (19)

  • NIST-AC-16 Security and Privacy Attributes NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-2 Account Management NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-20 Use of External Systems NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-23 Data Mining Protection NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-3 Access Enforcement NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-6 Least Privilege NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CA-7 Continuous Monitoring NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-2 Baseline Configuration NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-6 Configuration Settings NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-7 Least Functionality NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-8 System Component Inventory NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-MP-7 Media Use NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SC-41 Port and I/O Device Access NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-3 Malicious Code Protection NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-4 System Monitoring NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SR-4 Provenance NIST 800-53 control

References