FRAMESTING
MITRE ATT&CK: S1120 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: FRAMESTING
- First seen
- 2021-06-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- webshell
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- network-devices
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:11:09
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Context
FRAMESTING is a Python web shell that was used during Cutting Edge to embed into an Ivanti Connect Secure Python package for command execution.
Detection coverage
- 79 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Protocol or Service Impersonation (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Web Shell (attack-pattern)
- Python (attack-pattern)
- Data Obfuscation (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Compromise Host Software Binary (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Cutting Edge (campaign)
Reports & references
- Mandiant — Investigating Ivanti Zero Day Exploitation (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1120 (report)