MITRE ATT&CKtechnique

T1642 Endpoint Denial of Service

Published 2022-04-06 Modified 2025-10-24 Official page ↗
Domain
mobile
Tactics
Impact
Platforms
Android, iOS
Version
1.1
Created
2022-04-06

Description

Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users. On Android versions prior to 7, apps can abuse Device Administrator access to reset the device lock passcode, preventing the user from unlocking the device. After Android 7, only device or profile owners (e.g. MDMs) can reset the device’s passcode. On iOS devices, this technique does not work because mobile device management servers can only remove the screen lock passcode; they cannot set a new passcode. However, on jailbroken devices, malware has been discovered that can lock the user out of the device.

Related

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (2)

  • M1011 User Guidance mitigation
  • M1006 Use Recent OS Version mitigation

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (5)

  • S1185 LightSpy software (malware)
  • S0536 GPlayed software (malware)
  • S0522 Exobot software (malware)
  • S0298 Xbot software (tool)
  • S0323 Charger software (malware)

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