Startup Items - T1037.005

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may use startup items automatically executed at boot initialization to establish persistence. Startup items execute during the final phase of the boot process and contain shell scripts or other executable files along with configuration information used by the system to determine the execution order for all startup items.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1037005["Startup Items"] --> |modifies| SystemStartupDirectory["System Startup Directory"]; class T1037005 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class SystemStartupDirectory ArtifactNode; click SystemStartupDirectory href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemStartupDirectory";
        click T1037005 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1037.005/"; click SystemStartupDirectory href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemStartupDirectory";             SystemInitConfigAnalysis["System Init Config Analysis"] -->
          | analyzes | SystemStartupDirectory["System Startup Directory"];

          SystemInitConfigAnalysis["System Init Config Analysis"] -.->
            | may-detect | T1037005["Startup Items"] ;
          class SystemInitConfigAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SystemStartupDirectory ArtifactNode;
          click SystemInitConfigAnalysis href "/technique/d3f:SystemInitConfigAnalysis";              LocalFilePermissions["Local File Permissions"] -->
          | restricts | SystemStartupDirectory["System Startup Directory"];

          LocalFilePermissions["Local File Permissions"] -.->
            | may-isolate | T1037005["Startup Items"] ;
          class LocalFilePermissions DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SystemStartupDirectory ArtifactNode;
          click LocalFilePermissions href "/technique/d3f:LocalFilePermissions";  RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -->
          | restores | SystemStartupDirectory["System Startup Directory"];

          RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -.->
            | may-restore | T1037005["Startup Items"] ;
          class RestoreConfiguration DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SystemStartupDirectory ArtifactNode;
          click RestoreConfiguration href "/technique/d3f:RestoreConfiguration";

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