Adversaries may modify systems in order to manipulate the data as it is accessed and displayed to an end user.(Citation: FireEye APT38 Oct 2018)(Citation: DOJ Lazarus Sony 2018) By manipulating runtime data, adversaries may attempt to affect a business process, organizational understanding, and decision making.
Adversaries may alter application binaries used to display data in order to cause runtime manipulations. Adversaries may also conduct Change Default File Association and Masquerading to cause a similar effect. The type of modification and the impact it will have depends on the target application and process as well as the goals and objectives of the adversary. For complex systems, an adversary would likely need special expertise and possibly access to specialized software related to the system that would typically be gained through a prolonged information gathering campaign in order to have the desired impact.
View in MITRE ATT&CK®Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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AC-3 | Access Enforcement | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
AC-4 | Information Flow Enforcement | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
CA-7 | Continuous Monitoring | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
CM-6 | Configuration Settings | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
CM-7 | Least Functionality | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
CP-9 | System Backup | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
SC-28 | Protection of Information at Rest | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
SC-4 | Information in Shared System Resources | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
SC-46 | Cross Domain Policy Enforcement | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
SC-7 | Boundary Protection | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
SI-16 | Memory Protection | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation | |
SI-4 | System Monitoring | Protects | T1565.003 | Runtime Data Manipulation |