Time Providers - T1547.003

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may abuse time providers to execute DLLs when the system boots. The Windows Time service (W32Time) enables time synchronization across and within domains. W32Time time providers are responsible for retrieving time stamps from hardware/network resources and outputting these values to other network clients.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

Browse the D3FEND knowledge graph by clicking on the nodes below.

        graph LR;

     T1547003["Time Providers"] --> |modifies| SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord["System Configuration Database Record"]; class T1547003 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord ArtifactNode; click SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord";
        click T1547003 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1547.003/"; click SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord";              RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -->
          | restores | SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord["System Configuration Database Record"];

          RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -.->
            | may-restore | T1547003["Time Providers"] ;
          class RestoreConfiguration DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SystemConfigurationDatabaseRecord ArtifactNode;
          click RestoreConfiguration href "/technique/d3f:RestoreConfiguration";

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