Outlook Rules - T1137.005

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may abuse Microsoft Outlook rules to obtain persistence on a compromised system. Outlook rules allow a user to define automated behavior to manage email messages. A benign rule might, for example, automatically move an email to a particular folder in Outlook if it contains specific words from a specific sender. Malicious Outlook rules can be created that can trigger code execution when an adversary sends a specifically crafted email to that user.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1137005["Outlook Rules"] --> |modifies| ApplicationConfigurationDatabase["Application Configuration Database"]; class T1137005 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class ApplicationConfigurationDatabase ArtifactNode; click ApplicationConfigurationDatabase href "/dao/artifact/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationDatabase";
        click T1137005 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1137.005/"; click ApplicationConfigurationDatabase href "/dao/artifact/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationDatabase";              RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -->
          | restores | ApplicationConfigurationDatabase["Application Configuration Database"];

          RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -.->
            | may-restore | T1137005["Outlook Rules"] ;
          class RestoreConfiguration DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class ApplicationConfigurationDatabase ArtifactNode;
          click RestoreConfiguration href "/technique/d3f:RestoreConfiguration";

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