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MITRE ATT&CK T1137.002 (Office Test) is an Enterprise Persistence sub-technique of T1137 (Office Application Startup). Adversaries may abuse the Microsoft Office "Office Test" Registry key to obtain persistence on a compromised system. An Office Test Registry location exists that allows a user to specify an arbitrary DLL that will be executed every time an Office application is started. This Registry key is thought to be used by Microsoft to load DLLs for testing and debugging purposes while developing Office applications. This Registry key is not created by default during an Office installation. Affected platforms: Windows, Office Suite. MITRE-documented mitigations include M1054 Software Configuration, M1040 Behavior Prevention on Endpoint. The Center for Threat-Informed Defense maps this technique to NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls AC-06, AC-10, AC-14, AC-17, CM-02, CM-05, CM-06, CM-08.
Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: MITRE Corporation · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1137/002/
SHA-256 integrity: a7c60ba8e596d5138b4cef868e50d9f3452986973ab873eaca75357c851c7d16
Primary Citations — 7 traced to source
- MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1137.002: Office Test (https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1137/002/)
- MITRE ATT&CK Tactic TA0003: Persistence (https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/)
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