Compromise the satellite platform starting from a compromised payload: Inter-Task Compromise

ID Name
T2046.001 Inter-Task Compromise
T2046.002 Inter-Application Compromise

This attack path involves compromising a single task within an RTOS and leveraging inadequate memory isolation to influence or control other tasks. In a proof of concept, this was demonstrated through the attack that exploited the lack of access control in  vTaskPrioritySet system call, enabling a compromised task could manipulate the scheduling and execution of others. 

ID: T2046.001
Sub-technique of:  T2046
Platforms: Space Segment
Contributors: Vissarion Moutafis
Version: 0.2
Created: 24 June 2025
Last Modified: 24 June 2025

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.