What MITRE ATT&CK T1218.008: Odbcconf (Enterprise Tactic TA0005 - Defense Evasion) requires
MITRE ATT&CK T1218.008 (Odbcconf) is an Enterprise Defense Evasion sub-technique of T1218 (System Binary Proxy Execution). Adversaries may abuse odbcconf.exe to proxy execution of malicious payloads. Odbcconf.exe is a Windows utility that allows you to configure Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers and data source names. The Odbcconf.exe binary may be digitally signed by Microsoft. Adversaries may abuse odbcconf.exe to bypass application control solutions that do not account for its potential abuse. Affected platforms: Windows. MITRE-documented mitigations include M1042 Disable or Remove Feature or Program, M1038 Execution Prevention. The Center for Threat-Informed Defense maps this technique to NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls AC-02, AC-03, AC-04, AC-05, AC-06, CA-07, CM-02, CM-05.
Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: MITRE Corporation · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/008/
SHA-256 integrity: 59dc898732c65f828ae63471eb11600f48e8a130030cd1464b5d786d76bbc38a
Primary Citations — 7 traced to source
- MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1218.008: Odbcconf (https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/008/)
- MITRE ATT&CK Tactic TA0005: Defense Evasion (https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/)
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