subject
stringlengths
5
9
predicate
stringclasses
21 values
object
stringlengths
2
4.68k
source
stringclasses
1 value
object_type
stringclasses
6 values
meta
stringlengths
0
10.5k
M1024
mitigates
T1505
attack
id
{"description":"Consider using Group Policy to configure and block modifications to service and other critical server parameters in the Registry.(Citation: Microsoft System Services Fundamentals)"}
M1024
mitigates
T1505.005
attack
id
{"description":"Consider using Group Policy to configure and block modifications to Terminal Services parameters in the Registry.(Citation: Microsoft System Services Fundamentals)"}
M1024
mitigates
T1685.001
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper Registry permissions are in place to prevent adversaries from disabling or interfering logging. The addition of the MiniNT registry key disables Event Viewer.(Citation: def_ev_win_event_logging)"}
M1024
mitigates
T1574.011
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper permissions are set for Registry hives to prevent users from modifying keys for system components that may lead to privilege escalation. "}
M1024
mitigates
T1070.007
attack
id
{"description":"Protect generated event files and logs that are stored locally with proper permissions and authentication and limit opportunities for adversaries to increase privileges by preventing Privilege Escalation opportunities."}
M1024
mitigates
T1112
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper permissions are set for Registry hives to prevent users from modifying keys for system components that may lead to privilege escalation."}
M1024
mitigates
T1574
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper permissions are set for Registry hives to prevent users from modifying keys for system components that may lead to privilege escalation."}
M1024
mitigates
T1553.003
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper permissions are set for Registry hives to prevent users from modifying keys related to SIP and trust provider components. Components may still be able to be hijacked to suitable functions already present on disk if malicious modifications to Registry keys are not prevented. "}
M1024
mitigates
T1037
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper permissions are set for Registry hives to prevent users from modifying keys for logon scripts that may lead to persistence."}
M1024
mitigates
T1553
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper permissions are set for Registry hives to prevent users from modifying keys related to SIP and trust provider components. Components may still be able to be hijacked to suitable functions already present on disk if malicious modifications to Registry keys are not prevented."}
M1024
mitigates
T1685
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper Registry permissions are in place to prevent adversaries from disabling or interfering with security services."}
M1024
mitigates
T1686.003
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper Registry permissions are in place to prevent adversaries from disabling or modifying firewall settings."}
M1024
mitigates
T1489
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper registry permissions are in place to inhibit adversaries from disabling or interfering with critical services."}
M1024
mitigates
T1553.006
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper permissions are set for the Registry to prevent users from modifying keys related to code signing policies."}
M1024
modified
2026-05-12 15:12:00.731000+00:00
attack
date
M1024
name
Restrict Registry Permissions
attack
string
M1024
rdf:type
Mitigation
attack
enum
{"version":"1.2"}
M1024
url
https://attack.mitre.org/mitigations/M1024
attack
url
M1025
created
2019-06-06 21:08:58.465000+00:00
attack
date
M1025
description
Privileged Process Integrity focuses on defending highly privileged processes (e.g., system services, antivirus, or authentication processes) from tampering, injection, or compromise by adversaries. These processes often interact with critical components, making them prime targets for techniques like code injection, pr...
attack
string
M1025
domain
enterprise-attack
attack
string
M1025
mitigates
T1547.008
attack
id
{"description":"On Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2, enable LSA Protection by setting the Registry key <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\\\SYSTEM\\\\CurrentControlSet\\\\Control\\\\Lsa\\\\RunAsPPL</code> to <code>dword:00000001</code>. (Citation: Microsoft LSA Protection Mar 2014) LSA Protection ensures that LSA plug-ins and dri...
M1025
mitigates
T1547.005
attack
id
{"description":"Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and later versions may make LSA run as a Protected Process Light (PPL) by setting the Registry key <code>HKLM\\\\SYSTEM\\\\CurrentControlSet\\\\Control\\\\Lsa\\\\RunAsPPL</code>, which requires all SSP DLLs to be signed by Microsoft. (Citation: Graeber 2014) (Citatio...
M1025
mitigates
T1547.002
attack
id
{"description":"Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and later versions, may make LSA run as a Protected Process Light (PPL) by setting the Registry key <code>HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Lsa\\RunAsPPL</code>, which requires all DLLs loaded by LSA to be signed by Microsoft. (Citation: Graeber 2014) (Citati...
M1025
mitigates
T1556.001
attack
id
{"description":"Enabled features, such as Protected Process Light (PPL), for LSA.(Citation: Microsoft LSA)"}
M1025
mitigates
T1003.001
attack
id
{"description":"On Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, enable Protected Process Light for LSA.(Citation: Microsoft LSA)"}
M1025
mitigates
T1003
attack
id
{"description":"\nOn Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, enable Protected Process Light for LSA.(Citation: Microsoft LSA)"}
M1025
mitigates
T1556
attack
id
{"description":"Enabled features, such as Protected Process Light (PPL), for LSA.(Citation: Microsoft LSA)"}
M1025
modified
2024-12-18 18:51:02.792000+00:00
attack
date
M1025
name
Privileged Process Integrity
attack
string
M1025
rdf:type
Mitigation
attack
enum
{"version":"1.2"}
M1025
url
https://attack.mitre.org/mitigations/M1025
attack
url
M1026
created
2019-06-06 21:09:47.115000+00:00
attack
date
M1026
description
Privileged Account Management focuses on implementing policies, controls, and tools to securely manage privileged accounts (e.g., SYSTEM, root, or administrative accounts). This includes restricting access, limiting the scope of permissions, monitoring privileged account usage, and ensuring accountability through loggi...
attack
string
M1026
domain
enterprise-attack
attack
string
M1026
mitigates
T1053.005
attack
id
{"description":"Configure the Increase Scheduling Priority option to only allow the Administrators group the rights to schedule a priority process. This can be configured through GPO: Computer Configuration > [Policies] > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment: Increase schedulin...
M1026
mitigates
T1550.003
attack
id
{"description":"Limit domain admin account permissions to domain controllers and limited servers. Delegate other admin functions to separate accounts.(Citation: ADSecurity AD Kerberos Attacks)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1555.006
attack
id
{"description":"Limit the number of cloud accounts and services with permission to query the secrets manager to only those required. Ensure that accounts and services with permissions to query the secrets manager only have access to the secrets they require."}
M1026
mitigates
T1505.004
attack
id
{"description":"Do not allow administrator accounts that have permissions to add IIS components to be used for day-to-day operations that may expose these permissions to potential adversaries and/or other unprivileged systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1556.005
attack
id
{"description":"Audit domain and local accounts as well as their permission levels routinely to look for situations that could allow an adversary to gain wide access by obtaining credentials of a privileged account.(Citation: TechNet Credential Theft)(Citation: TechNet Least Privilege) These audits should also include ...
M1026
mitigates
T1555
attack
id
{"description":"Limit the number of accounts and services with permission to query information from password stores to only those required. Ensure that accounts and services with permissions to query password stores only have access to the secrets they require."}
M1026
mitigates
T1569.002
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure that permissions disallow services that run at a higher permissions level from being created or interacted with by a user with a lower permission level."}
M1026
mitigates
T1505.002
attack
id
{"description":"Do not allow administrator accounts that have permissions to add component software on these services to be used for day-to-day operations that may expose them to potential adversaries on unprivileged systems. "}
M1026
mitigates
T1047
attack
id
{"description":"Prevent credential overlap across systems of administrator and privileged accounts. (Citation: FireEye WMI 2015)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1552.002
attack
id
{"description":"If it is necessary that software must store credentials in the Registry, then ensure the associated accounts have limited permissions so they cannot be abused if obtained by an adversary."}
M1026
mitigates
T1098.003
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure that all accounts use the least privileges they require. In Azure AD environments, consider using Privileged Identity Management (PIM) to define roles that require two or more approvals before assignment to users.(Citation: Microsoft Requests for Azure AD Roles in Privileged Identity Management)"...
M1026
mitigates
T1222.001
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure critical system files as well as those known to be abused by adversaries have restrictive permissions and are owned by an appropriately privileged account, especially if access is not required by users nor will inhibit system functionality."}
M1026
mitigates
T1556.003
attack
id
{"description":"Limit access to the root account and prevent users from modifying PAM components through proper privilege separation (ex SELinux, grsecurity, AppArmor, etc.) and limiting Privilege Escalation opportunities."}
M1026
mitigates
T1021.006
attack
id
{"description":"If the service is necessary, lock down critical enclaves with separate WinRM accounts and permissions."}
M1026
mitigates
T1569
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure that permissions disallow services that run at a higher permissions level from being created or interacted with by a user with a lower permission level."}
M1026
mitigates
T1599
attack
id
{"description":"Restrict administrator accounts to as few individuals as possible, following least privilege principles. Prevent credential overlap across systems of administrator and privileged accounts, particularly between network and non-network platforms, such as servers or endpoints."}
M1026
mitigates
T1003.008
attack
id
{"description":"Follow best practices in restricting access to privileged accounts to avoid hostile programs from accessing such sensitive information."}
M1026
mitigates
T1072
attack
id
{"description":"Grant access to application deployment systems only to a limited number of authorized administrators."}
M1026
mitigates
T1543
attack
id
{"description":"Manage the creation, modification, use, and permissions associated to privileged accounts, including SYSTEM and root."}
M1026
mitigates
T1553.006
attack
id
{"description":"Limit the usage of local administrator and domain administrator accounts to be used for day-to-day operations that may expose them to potential adversaries."}
M1026
mitigates
T1484
attack
id
{"description":"Use least privilege and protect administrative access to the Domain Controller and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) server. Do not create service accounts with administrative privileges."}
M1026
mitigates
T1547.006
attack
id
{"description":"Limit access to the root account and prevent users from loading kernel modules and extensions through proper privilege separation and limiting Privilege Escalation opportunities."}
M1026
mitigates
T1134.003
attack
id
{"description":"Limit permissions so that users and user groups cannot create tokens. This setting should be defined for the local system account only. GPO: Computer Configuration > [Policies] > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment: Create a token object. (Citation: Microsoft C...
M1026
mitigates
T1542.001
attack
id
{"description":"Prevent adversary access to privileged accounts or access necessary to perform this technique."}
M1026
mitigates
T1078.002
attack
id
{"description":"Audit domain account permission levels routinely to look for situations that could allow an adversary to gain wide access by obtaining credentials of a privileged account. Do not put user or admin domain accounts in the local administrator groups across systems unless they are tightly controlled and use...
M1026
mitigates
T1190
attack
id
{"description":"Use least privilege for service accounts will limit what permissions the exploited process gets on the rest of the system."}
M1026
mitigates
T1078.004
attack
id
{"description":"Review privileged cloud account permission levels routinely to look for those that could allow an adversary to gain wide access, such as Global Administrator and Privileged Role Administrator in Azure AD.(Citation: TechNet Credential Theft)(Citation: TechNet Least Privilege)(Citation: Microsoft Azure se...
M1026
mitigates
T1078.003
attack
id
{"description":"Audit local accounts permission levels routinely to look for situations that could allow an adversary to gain wide access by obtaining credentials of a privileged account. (Citation: TechNet Credential Theft) (Citation: TechNet Least Privilege) Limit the usage of local administrator accounts to be used ...
M1026
mitigates
T1688
attack
id
{"description":"Restrict administrator accounts to as few individuals as possible, following least privilege principles, that may be abused to remotely boot a machine in safe mode.(Citation: CyberArk Labs Safe Mode 2016)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1558.002
attack
id
{"description":"Limit service accounts to minimal required privileges, including membership in privileged groups such as Domain Administrators.(Citation: AdSecurity Cracking Kerberos Dec 2015)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1612
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure containers are not running as root by default. In Kubernetes environments, consider defining Pod Security Standards that prevent pods from running privileged containers.(Citation: Kubernetes Hardening Guide)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1484.002
attack
id
{"description":"Use the principal of least privilege and protect administrative access to domain trusts and identity tenants."}
M1026
mitigates
T1098.002
attack
id
{"description":"Do not allow domain administrator accounts to be used for day-to-day operations that may expose them to potential adversaries on unprivileged systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1059.013
attack
id
{"description":"Restrict permissions on API access. RBAC in Kubernetes involve permissions that are additive, meaning there are no explicit \"deny\" rules. These permissions can be defined within a particular namespace or within cluster-scoped resources. Securing the Docker daemon can be done by using SSH or TLS with c...
M1026
mitigates
T1003.003
attack
id
{"description":"Do not put user or admin domain accounts in the local administrator groups across systems unless they are tightly controlled, as this is often equivalent to having a local administrator account with the same password on all systems. Follow best practices for design and administration of an enterprise ne...
M1026
mitigates
T1222.002
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure critical system files as well as those known to be abused by adversaries have restrictive permissions and are owned by an appropriately privileged account, especially if access is not required by users nor will inhibit system functionality."}
M1026
mitigates
T1542.005
attack
id
{"description":"Use of Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) systems will limit actions administrators can perform and provide a history of user actions to detect unauthorized use and abuse. TACACS+ can keep control over which commands administrators are permitted to use through the configuration of authe...
M1026
mitigates
T1134.002
attack
id
{"description":"Limit permissions so that users and user groups cannot create tokens. This setting should be defined for the local system account only. GPO: Computer Configuration > [Policies] > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment: Create a token object. (Citation: Microsoft C...
M1026
mitigates
T1606
attack
id
{"description":"Restrict permissions and access to the AD FS server to only originate from privileged access workstations.(Citation: FireEye ADFS)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1559.001
attack
id
{"description":"Modify Registry settings (directly or using Dcomcnfg.exe) in `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\\\SOFTWARE\\\\Classes\\\\AppID\\\\{AppID_GUID}` associated with the process-wide security of individual COM applications.(Citation: Microsoft Process Wide Com Keys)\n\nModify Registry settings (directly or using Dcomcnfg.e...
M1026
mitigates
T1611
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure containers are not running as root by default and do not use unnecessary privileges or mounted components. In Kubernetes environments, consider defining Pod Security Standards that prevent pods from running privileged containers.(Citation: Kubernetes Hardening Guide)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1136.003
attack
id
{"description":"Limit the number of accounts with permissions to create other accounts. Do not allow privileged accounts to be used for day-to-day operations that may expose them to potential adversaries on unprivileged systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1218
attack
id
{"description":"Restrict execution of particularly vulnerable binaries to privileged accounts or groups that need to use it to lessen the opportunities for malicious usage."}
M1026
mitigates
T1550
attack
id
{"description":"Limit credential overlap across systems to prevent the damage of credential compromise and reduce the adversary's ability to perform Lateral Movement between systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1053.007
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure containers are not running as root by default. In Kubernetes environments, consider defining Pod Security Standards that prevent pods from running privileged containers.(Citation: Kubernetes Hardening Guide)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1553
attack
id
{"description":"Manage the creation, modification, use, and permissions associated to privileged accounts, including SYSTEM and root."}
M1026
mitigates
T1003.002
attack
id
{"description":"Do not put user or admin domain accounts in the local administrator groups across systems unless they are tightly controlled, as this is often equivalent to having a local administrator account with the same password on all systems. Follow best practices for design and administration of an enterprise ne...
M1026
mitigates
T1055
attack
id
{"description":"Utilize Yama (ex: /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope) to mitigate ptrace based process injection by restricting the use of ptrace to privileged users only. Other mitigation controls involve the deployment of security kernel modules that provide advanced access control and process restrictions such as SE...
M1026
mitigates
T1548
attack
id
{"description":"Remove users from the local administrator group on systems.\n\nBy requiring a password, even if an adversary can get terminal access, they must know the password to run anything in the sudoers file. Setting the timestamp_timeout to 0 will require the user to input their password every time sudo is execu...
M1026
mitigates
T1556.001
attack
id
{"description":"Audit domain and local accounts as well as their permission levels routinely to look for situations that could allow an adversary to gain wide access by obtaining credentials of a privileged account. (Citation: TechNet Credential Theft) (Citation: TechNet Least Privilege) These audits should also includ...
M1026
mitigates
T1552.007
attack
id
{"description":"Use the principle of least privilege for privileged accounts such as the service account in Kubernetes. For example, if a pod is not required to access the Kubernetes API, consider disabling the service account altogether.(Citation: Kubernetes Service Accounts)"}
M1026
mitigates
T1078
attack
id
{"description":"Audit domain and local accounts as well as their permission levels routinely to look for situations that could allow an adversary to gain wide access by obtaining credentials of a privileged account. (Citation: TechNet Credential Theft) (Citation: TechNet Least Privilege) These audits should also includ...
M1026
mitigates
T1098.001
attack
id
{"description":"Do not allow domain administrator or root accounts to be used for day-to-day operations that may expose them to potential adversaries on unprivileged systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1525
attack
id
{"description":"Limit permissions associated with creating and modifying platform images or containers based on the principle of least privilege."}
M1026
mitigates
T1053
attack
id
{"description":"Configure the Increase Scheduling Priority option to only allow the Administrators group the rights to schedule a priority process. This can be can be configured through GPO: Computer Configuration > [Policies] > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment: Increase sc...
M1026
mitigates
T1548.002
attack
id
{"description":"Remove users from the local administrator group on systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1021.002
attack
id
{"description":"Deny remote use of local admin credentials to log into systems. Do not allow domain user accounts to be in the local Administrators group multiple systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1548.006
attack
id
{"description":"Remove unnecessary users from the local administrator group on systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1542.003
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure proper permissions are in place to help prevent adversary access to privileged accounts necessary to install a bootkit."}
M1026
mitigates
T1222
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure critical system files as well as those known to be abused by adversaries have restrictive permissions and are owned by an appropriately privileged account, especially if access is not required by users nor will inhibit system functionality."}
M1026
mitigates
T1609
attack
id
{"description":"Ensure containers are not running as root by default. In Kubernetes environments, consider defining Pod Security Standards that prevent pods from running privileged containers and using the `NodeRestriction` admission controller to deny the kublet access to nodes and pods outside of the node it belongs ...
M1026
mitigates
T1210
attack
id
{"description":"Minimize permissions and access for service accounts to limit impact of exploitation."}
M1026
mitigates
T1098
attack
id
{"description":"Do not allow domain administrator accounts to be used for day-to-day operations that may expose them to potential adversaries on unprivileged systems."}
M1026
mitigates
T1003
attack
id
{"description":"Windows:\nDo not put user or admin domain accounts in the local administrator groups across systems unless they are tightly controlled, as this is often equivalent to having a local administrator account with the same password on all systems. Follow best practices for design and administration of an ent...
M1026
mitigates
T1546
attack
id
{"description":"Manage the creation, modification, use, and permissions associated to privileged accounts, including SYSTEM and root."}