# Vault 7: Projects

This publication series is about specific projects related to the Vault 7 main publication.

### Archimedes

# Fulcrum SRS v0.6

28 June, 2011

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UNCLASSIFIED//LES
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3 ASSUMPTIONS
Thischapterliststheknownassumptionsofthisphaseofdevelopment.
1. Generallyspeaking,anythingbeyondthatwhichisdirectlyrequiredtocarryoutthepivoting
techniqueisconsideredtobeouts idethescopeofthisapplicationsrequirements.
a. Theapplicationwillbetransferr edtothepivotmachinebyexternalme chanisms
b. Theapplicationwillbegivenallnecessaryprivilegestoexecute.
c. Identificationofdesiredtargetswill beperformedbyanexternal mechanism.
d. ThearchitectureofthePivotMachinewillbedeterminedprio rtodeployment.Deployment
to the Pivot machine requires that the correct bitne ss of the application is used.
e. ThecharactersetofthePivotMachinewillbedeterminedpriortodeployment.De ployment
tothePivotMachineiscontingentoncompatibilitybetweenthemachineandthe
supportedcharactersets.
2. Itisassumedthatallnecessarylegalauthorityhasbeenobtained forusethisapplication
including,butnotlimitedto
a. Transferoftheapplicationanditssu pportingfiles to thepivotmachine.
b. UseofthetechniqueonthetargetsLocalAreaNetwork(LAN).
c. MonitoringoftheHTTPtrafficofthetargetmachine.
d. InjectionofHTTPresponsetraffictothetargetmachine.
3. Assumptions regarding the use and users of the applications include:
a. Theapplicationswillberunby end‐userswithhigherthanaveragetechnicalabilities.
b. Theend‐userswillhavesufficienttimetodedicatetoreadingFulcrumsuserdocumentation
andpracticedeploymentinatestenvironmentpriortofirstuse.
c. Theend‐userswillusetheFulcrumapplicationsonaverageinafrequencymeasuredin
weeksormonths.Onaverage,theywillnotbeusingFulcrummultipletimesperdayorper
week.

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