Office Application Startup
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1137",
"title": "Office Application Startup",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1137",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--2c4d4e92-0ccf-4a97-b54c-86d662988a53",
"external_id": "T1137",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2017-12-14T16:46:06.044Z",
"modified": "2025-10-24T17:48:34.614Z",
"version": "1.4",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"persistence"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Microsoft Detect Outlook Forms",
"url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/securitycompliance/detect-and-remediate-outlook-rules-forms-attack"
},
{
"source_name": "TechNet O365 Outlook Rules",
"url": "https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/office365security/defending-against-rules-and-forms-injection/"
},
{
"source_name": "CrowdStrike Outlook Forms",
"url": "https://malware.news/t/using-outlook-forms-for-lateral-movement-and-persistence/13746"
},
{
"source_name": "SensePost Ruler GitHub",
"url": "https://github.com/sensepost/ruler"
},
{
"source_name": "SensePost NotRuler",
"url": "https://github.com/sensepost/notruler"
},
{
"source_name": "Outlook Today Home Page",
"url": "https://medium.com/@bwtech789/outlook-today-homepage-persistence-33ea9b505943"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (12)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1042 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--62d8cec2-c94f-4a18-ab0a-0a182e30f33a
MRWLabs Office Persistence Add-insATTACK:enterprise:T1137.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--718fad77-0006-461a-9a46-337defcf44ac
ATTACK:enterprise:M1040 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--747c6b21-0916-43ee-9655-937cc9e9f0ab
win10_asrATTACK:enterprise:M1051 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7da3b985-e6ab-4e29-aa53-30a621bd48d3
SensePost Outlook Forms · SensePost Outlook Home PageATTACK:enterprise:T1137.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--aba9d812-3839-42c8-9759-be934c1e54a4
ATTACK:enterprise:T1137.004 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b12d78d7-5b93-4905-9310-95ad67abaff9
ATTACK:enterprise:T1137.003 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--de2d023c-d1cf-4819-9d9c-67a772b0e313
ATTACK:enterprise:G0050 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e1f7179b-37ac-4f47-8368-0f55814a6447
Cybereason Oceanlotus May 2017 · Cybereason Cobalt Kitty 2017ATTACK:enterprise:T1137.006 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e7abc5ca-ca57-459a-b422-331f3f4d4506
ATTACK:enterprise:T1137.005 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--eda23a3d-a1d0-4e98-85fc-5ac083f53f5c
ATTACK:enterprise:M1054 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f6f38033-ddd4-418a-ad70-b1198df67fc3
Palo Alto Office Test SofacyATTACK:enterprise:G0047 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1137
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f78a5009-59ec-4ae2-89a0-44b8be49a140
ESET Gamaredon June 2020