{
  "node_id": "mitre-attack-t1547-010-port-monitors",
  "title": "MITRE ATT&CK T1547.010: Port Monitors (Enterprise Tactic TA0003 - Persistence / TA0004 - Privilege Escalation)",
  "domain": "Cybersecurity",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-25",
  "bluf": "MITRE ATT&CK T1547.010 (Port Monitors) is an Enterprise Persistence and Privilege Escalation sub-technique of T1547 (Boot or Logon Autostart Execution). Adversaries may use port monitors to run an adversary supplied DLL during system boot for persistence or privilege escalation. A port monitor can be set through the AddMonitor API call to set a DLL to be loaded at startup. This DLL can be located in C:\\Windows\\System32 and will be loaded and run by the print spooler service, spoolsv.exe, under SYSTEM level permissions on boot. Affected platforms: Windows.",
  "paywall": {
    "status": "LOCKED",
    "unlock_cost_usd": "0.01",
    "skyfire_id": "41779894-ece2-4163-9761-b3b1b76e19b0"
  },
  "crosswalks": {
    "_available_keys": [
      "nist_framework",
      "iso_standard",
      "industry_mapping",
      "mitre_d3fend"
    ],
    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
  },
  "dependencies": [
    "nist-cybersecurity-framework-2-0",
    "iso-27001-2022",
    "nist-sp-800-53-r5",
    "cis-controls-v8",
    "mitre-attack-t1547-boot-logon-autostart-execution"
  ],
  "primary_citations_count": 5
}