Software Configuration

Implement configuration changes to software (other than the operating system) to mitigate security risks associated to how the software operates.

ID: M1054

Version: 1.1

Created: 19 July 2019

Last Modified: 31 March 2020

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Techniques Addressed by Mitigation

Domain	ID		Name	Use
Enterprise	T1602		Data from Configuration Repository	Allowlist MIB objects and implement SNMP views.^[1]
		.001	SNMP (MIB Dump)	Allowlist MIB objects and implement SNMP views.^[1]
		.002	Network Device Configuration Dump	Allowlist MIB objects and implement SNMP views. Disable Smart Install (SMI) if not used. ^[1] ^[2]
Enterprise	T1546	.013	Event Triggered Execution: PowerShell Profile	Avoid PowerShell profiles if not needed. Use the -No Profile flag with when executing PowerShell scripts remotely to prevent local profiles and scripts from being executed.
Enterprise	T1562	.006	Impair Defenses: Indicator Blocking	Consider automatically relaunching forwarding mechanisms at recurring intervals (ex: temporal, on-logon, etc.) as well as applying appropriate change management to firewall rules and other related system configurations.
Enterprise	T1559		Inter-Process Communication	Consider disabling embedded files in Office programs, such as OneNote, that do not work with Protected View.^[3]^[4]
		.002	Dynamic Data Exchange	Consider disabling embedded files in Office programs, such as OneNote, that do not work with Protected View.^[3]^[4]
Enterprise	T1137		Office Application Startup	For the Office Test method, create the Registry key used to execute it and set the permissions to "Read Control" to prevent easy access to the key without administrator permissions or requiring Privilege Escalation. ^[5]
		.002	Office Test	Create the Registry key used to execute it and set the permissions to "Read Control" to prevent easy access to the key without administrator permissions or requiring Privilege Escalation.^[5]
Enterprise	T1539		Steal Web Session Cookie	Configure browsers or tasks to regularly delete persistent cookies.
Enterprise	T1553		Subvert Trust Controls	HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP) is one method to mitigate potential man-in-the-middle situations where and adversary uses a mis-issued or fraudulent certificate to intercept encrypted communications by enforcing use of an expected certificate. ^[6]
		.004	Install Root Certificate	HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP) is one method to mitigate potential man-in-the-middle situations where and adversary uses a mis-issued or fraudulent certificate to intercept encrypted communications by enforcing use of an expected certificate. ^[6]
Enterprise	T1535		Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions	Cloud service providers may allow customers to deactivate unused regions.^[7]
Enterprise	T1550	.004	Use Alternate Authentication Material: Web Session Cookie	Configure browsers or tasks to regularly delete persistent cookies.

References

Cisco. (2006, May 10). Securing Simple Network Management Protocol. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
US-CERT. (2018, April 20). Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Targeting Network Infrastructure Devices. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
Nelson, M. (2018, January 29). Reviving DDE: Using OneNote and Excel for Code Execution. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
Dormann, W. (2017, October 20). Disable DDEAUTO for Outlook, Word, OneNote, and Excel versions 2010, 2013, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2018.