T1592.004 Client Configurations Mappings

Adversaries may gather information about the victim's client configurations that can be used during targeting. Information about client configurations may include a variety of details and settings, including operating system/version, virtualization, architecture (ex: 32 or 64 bit), language, and/or time zone.

Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such as direct collection actions via Active Scanning (ex: listening ports, server banners, user agent strings) or Phishing for Information. Adversaries may also compromise sites then include malicious content designed to collect host information from visitors.(Citation: ATT ScanBox) Information about the client configurations may also be exposed to adversaries via online or other accessible data sets (ex: job postings, network maps, assessment reports, resumes, or purchase invoices). Gathering this information may reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: Search Open Websites/Domains or Search Open Technical Databases), establishing operational resources (ex: Develop Capabilities or Obtain Capabilities), and/or initial access (ex: Supply Chain Compromise or External Remote Services).

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Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
action.hacking.variety.Footprinting Footprinting and fingerprinting related-to T1592.004 Gather Victim Host Information: Client Configurations
value_chain.targeting.variety.Organizational Information Information on an organization such as org chart, technologies in use, financial assets, etc, used to pick them as a target related-to T1592.004 Gather Victim Host Information: Client Configurations
aws_security_hub AWS Security Hub technique_scores T1592.004 Client Configurations
Comments
AWS Security Hub detects improperly secured data from S3 buckets such as public read and write access that may result in an adversary getting access to information that could be used during targeting. AWS Security Hub provides these detections with the following managed insights. S3 buckets with public write or read permissions S3 buckets with sensitive data This is scored as Minimal because S3 only represents one of many available sources of information that an adversary could use for targeting.
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