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T1553.004 Subvert Trust Controls: Install Root Certificate

Adversaries may install a root certificate on a compromised system to avoid warnings when connecting to adversary controlled web servers. MITRE ATT&CK

1 program on CmdID 6 Sigma rules T1553.004 on attack.mitre.org

Part of

MITRE ATT&CK

T1553Subvert Trust Controls

Programs for it

documented by LOLBAS and GTFOBins, or named by its rules

certutil.exeits Sigma rules

Sigma rules tagged with it

process creation, the highest levels first

highRoot Certificate Installed From Susp LocationsNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · Windows

mediumNew Root Certificate Installed Via CertMgr.EXEoscd.community, @redcanary, Zach Stanford @svch0st · Windows

mediumNew Root Certificate Installed Via Certutil.EXEoscd.community, @redcanary, Zach Stanford @svch0st · Windows

mediumSuspicious Package Installed - LinuxNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) · Linux

mediumSuspicious X509Enrollment - Process Creationfrack113 · Windows

lowInstall Root CertificateÖmer Günal, oscd.community · Linux