MITRE ATT&CK / T1137
T1137
Office Application Startup
Description
Adversaries may leverage Microsoft Office-based applications for persistence between startups. Microsoft Office is a fairly common application suite on Windows-based operating systems within an enterprise network. There are multiple mechanisms that can be used with Office for persistence when an Office-based application is started; this can include the use of Office Template Macros and add-ins.A variety of features have been discovered in Outlook that can be abused to obtain persistence, such as Outlook rules, forms, and Home Page.(Citation: SensePost Ruler GitHub) These persistence mechanisms can work within Outlook or be used through Office 365.(Citation: TechNet O365 Outlook Rules)
Platforms
Mitigations
- M1042 — Disable or Remove Feature or Program
- M1040 — Behavior Prevention on Endpoint
- M1051 — Update Software
- M1054 — Software Configuration
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