Modification of Windows Service Configuration

An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to modify the execution parameters of a Windows service. The goal of this attack is to execute a malicious binary in place of an existing service.

Soyutlama

Detailed

Tipik ciddiyet

High

Saldırı ihtimali

Low

Saldırıyı anla

Bu saldırı kalıbı nedir?

An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to modify the execution parameters of a Windows service. The goal of this attack is to execute a malicious binary in place of an existing service.

Uygulama akışı

Saldırı adım adım nasıl ilerler?

Explore

Determine target system

The adversary must first determine the system they wish to modify the registry of. This needs to be a windows machine as this attack only works on the windows registry.

Experiment

Gain access to the system

The adversary needs to gain access to the system in some way so that they can modify the windows registry.

Kullanılan teknikler

Gain physical access to a system either through shoulder surfing a password or accessing a system that is left unlocked.
Gain remote access to a system through a variety of means.

Exploit

Modify windows registry

The adversary will modify the windows registry by changing the configuration settings for a service. Specifically, the adversary will change the path settings to define a path to a malicious binary to be executed.

Gereksinimler

Saldırının gerçekleşmesi için ne gerekir?

Ön koşullar

The adversary must have the capability to write to the Windows Registry on the targeted system.

Gerekli beceri

MITRE kaydında belirtilmemiş.

Gerekli kaynak

None: No specialized resources are required to execute this type of attack.

Etki

Başarılı saldırı neye yol açar?

Execute Unauthorized Commands

Etkilenen alanlar: Integrity

Savunma

Nasıl önlenir ve etkisi azaltılır?

Ensure proper permissions are set for Registry hives to prevent users from modifying keys for system components that may lead to privilege escalation.