High-risk tools in Mythic MCP
3 of the 6 tools in Mythic MCP are classified as high risk. This page profiles those tools specifically, with recommended policy actions and the attack patterns that target them.
Every operation listed below is an action PolicyLayer recommends controlling at the transport layer. Open any tool to see the full profile, risk score, and YAML policy snippet.
Tools at high risk
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execute_mimikatzExecuteRuns the hacker tool mimikatz with the provided arguments, returing Mimikatz output.
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run_as_userExecuteAttempt to authenticate as another user (network calls only) for the current session.
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run_shell_commandExecuteExecute a shell script command line against a running agent. This script is executed using the default command line interpreter.
Attacks that target this class
High-risk tools in any server share these documented attack patterns. Each links to the full case and the defensive policy.