---
id: "mbc_objective_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["software"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 75
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/mbc_objective_id"
---

# MBC objective ID (`mbc_objective_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Identifier of an objective in the Malware Behavior Catalog (MBC), the MITRE catalog of malware behaviors: OB and four digits for an objective, based on an ATT&CK tactic or specific to malware analysis (ANTI-BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS, ANTI-STATIC ANALYSIS), or OC and four digits for a micro-objective that groups micro-behaviors. Behaviors and methods have their own identifiers (mbc_behavior_id).

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Software development (software)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^O[BC][0-9]{4}$
```

## Examples

- `OB0001` — Anti-Behavioral Analysis
- `OB0006` — Defense Evasion
- `OC0005` — Cryptography (micro-objective)
- `TA0005` (invalid example) — ATT&CK tactic ID (mitre_attack_tactic_id)
- `B0001` (invalid example) — Behavior ID (mbc_behavior_id)

## Sources

- doc: <https://github.com/MBCProject/mbc-markdown#identifiers>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/mbc_objective_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/software/mbc_objective_id.yaml>