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P³-Shellcode Loader

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

7 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Execution

1 technique

T1059.003Windows Command ShellEvidence1

CommandLine Injection: Places the poison in the lpCommandLine parameter of CreateProcessW

Persistence

1 technique

T1543Create or Modify System ProcessEvidence1

The attacker searches for and opens a target process or starts a new process (via OpenProcess / NtOpenProcess or CreateProcess / NtCreateProcess ).

Privilege Escalation

3 techniques

T1055Process InjectionEvidence1

P³-Shellcode Loader is a loader that implements a code injection technique which leverages the Process Parameters structure (Process Parameter Poisoning) as an execution and staging location for shellcode injection into remote processes, without triggering common detection mechanisms.

T1055.003Thread Execution HijackingEvidence1

Thread Hijacking: Instead of creating a new thread, an existing one is redirected (via NtSetContextThread )

T1543Create or Modify System ProcessEvidence1

The attacker searches for and opens a target process or starts a new process (via OpenProcess / NtOpenProcess or CreateProcess / NtCreateProcess ).

Stealth

4 techniques

T1055Process InjectionEvidence1

T1055.003Thread Execution HijackingEvidence1

Thread Hijacking: Instead of creating a new thread, an existing one is redirected (via NtSetContextThread )

T1497Virtualization/Sandbox EvasionEvidence1

without triggering common detection mechanisms... Overall, this technique raises much less suspicion as it leaves a smaller fingerprint by using legitimate process creation and thread management APIs.

T1620Reflective Code LoadingEvidence1

The third option accepts a path to a DLL file that is then supplied to LoadLibraryA within the target. Lastly, option four loads raw shellcode from a HTTP(S) URL and also takes care of the null byte limitation.

Discovery

1 technique

T1497Virtualization/Sandbox EvasionEvidence1

Command and Control

1 technique

T1105Ingress Tool TransferEvidence1

Lastly, option four loads raw shellcode from a HTTP(S) URL and also takes care of the null byte limitation.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories and community write-ups. News coverage will land here when it surfaces.

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No news coverage yet. Advisories and community discussion only.

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Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping7

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.

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Malware

P³-Shellcode Loader

For your environment

Hunt this family in your stack

Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.

Start free trial

MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

7 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Execution

1 technique

T1059.003Windows Command ShellEvidence1

CommandLine Injection: Places the poison in the lpCommandLine parameter of CreateProcessW

Persistence

1 technique

T1543Create or Modify System ProcessEvidence1

The attacker searches for and opens a target process or starts a new process (via OpenProcess / NtOpenProcess or CreateProcess / NtCreateProcess ).

Privilege Escalation

3 techniques

T1055Process InjectionEvidence1

T1055.003Thread Execution HijackingEvidence1

Thread Hijacking: Instead of creating a new thread, an existing one is redirected (via NtSetContextThread )

T1543Create or Modify System ProcessEvidence1

The attacker searches for and opens a target process or starts a new process (via OpenProcess / NtOpenProcess or CreateProcess / NtCreateProcess ).

Stealth

4 techniques

T1055Process InjectionEvidence1

T1055.003Thread Execution HijackingEvidence1

Thread Hijacking: Instead of creating a new thread, an existing one is redirected (via NtSetContextThread )

T1497Virtualization/Sandbox EvasionEvidence1

T1620Reflective Code LoadingEvidence1

Discovery

1 technique

T1497Virtualization/Sandbox EvasionEvidence1

Command and Control

1 technique

T1105Ingress Tool TransferEvidence1

Lastly, option four loads raw shellcode from a HTTP(S) URL and also takes care of the null byte limitation.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories and community write-ups. News coverage will land here when it surfaces.

1 SOURCESView more in app

No news coverage yet. Advisories and community discussion only.

What this page doesn’t show

The version that knows your environment.

Start free trial

IOC matching

Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.

Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping7

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.