MITRE ATT&CKtechnique

T1613 Container and Resource Discovery

Published 2021-03-31 Modified 2025-10-24 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Discovery
Platforms
Containers
Version
1.1
Created
2021-03-31

Description

Adversaries may attempt to discover containers and other resources that are available within a containers environment. Other resources may include images, deployments, pods, nodes, and other information such as the status of a cluster. These resources can be viewed within web applications such as the Kubernetes dashboard or can be queried via the Docker and Kubernetes APIs. In Docker, logs may leak information about the environment, such as the environment’s configuration, which services are available, and what cloud provider the victim may be utilizing. The discovery of these resources may inform an adversary’s next steps in the environment, such as how to perform lateral movement and which methods to utilize for execution.

Related

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (3)

  • M1035 Limit Access to Resource Over Network mitigation
  • M1030 Network Segmentation mitigation
  • M1018 User Account Management mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (5)

  • S9042 CanisterWorm software (malware)
  • S9041 TeamPCP Cloud Stealer software (malware)
  • S0683 Peirates software (tool)
  • G0139 TeamTNT group
  • S0601 Hildegard software (malware)

Referenced by Compliance · mitigates (12)

  • CIS-16.8 Separate Production and Non-Production Systems CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • CIS-6.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control CIS Safeguard v8.1
  • NIST-AC-17 Remote Access NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-2 Account Management NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-3 Access Enforcement NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-AC-6 Least Privilege NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-6 Configuration Settings NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-CM-7 Least Functionality NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SC-43 Usage Restrictions NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SC-7 Boundary Protection NIST 800-53 control
  • NIST-SI-4 System Monitoring NIST 800-53 control

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