{"description": "Enterprise techniques used by Elise, ATT&CK software S0081 (v1.3)", "name": "Elise (S0081)", "domain": "enterprise-attack", "versions": {"layer": "4.5", "attack": "17", "navigator": "5.1.0"}, "techniques": [{"techniqueID": "T1087", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1087.001", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) executes net user after initial communication is made to the remote server.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1071", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1071.001", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) communicates over HTTP or HTTPS for C2.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1547", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1547.001", "comment": "If establishing persistence by installation as a new service fails, one variant of [Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) establishes persistence for the created .exe file by setting the following Registry key: HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\svchost : %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\\Network\\svchost.exe. Other variants have set the following Registry keys for persistence: HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\imejp : [self] and HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\IAStorD.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)(Citation: Accenture Dragonfish Jan 2018)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1543", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1543.003", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) configures itself as a service.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1132", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1132.001", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) exfiltrates data using cookie values that are Base64-encoded.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1074", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1074.001", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) creates a file in AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer and stores all harvested data in that file.(Citation: Accenture Dragonfish Jan 2018)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1573", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1573.001", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) encrypts exfiltrated data with RC4.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1083", "comment": "A variant of [Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) executes dir C:\\progra~1 when initially run.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)(Citation: Accenture Dragonfish Jan 2018)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1070", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1070.004", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) is capable of launching a remote shell on the host to delete itself.(Citation: Accenture Dragonfish Jan 2018)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1070.006", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) performs timestomping of a CAB file it creates.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1105", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) can download additional files from the C2 server for execution.(Citation: Accenture Dragonfish Jan 2018)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1036", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1036.005", "comment": "If installing itself as a service fails, [Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) instead writes itself as a file named svchost.exe saved in %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\\Network.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1027", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1027.013", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) encrypts several of its files, including configuration files.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1057", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) enumerates processes via the tasklist command.(Citation: Accenture Dragonfish Jan 2018)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1055", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1055.001", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) injects DLL files into iexplore.exe.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)(Citation: Accenture Dragonfish Jan 2018)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1218", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1218.011", "comment": "After copying itself to a DLL file, a variant of [Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) calls the DLL file using rundll32.exe.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1082", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) executes systeminfo after initial communication is made to the remote server.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1016", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) executes ipconfig /all after initial communication is made to the remote server.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)(Citation: Accenture Dragonfish Jan 2018)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1007", "comment": "[Elise](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0081) executes net start after initial communication is made to the remote server.(Citation: Lotus Blossom Jun 2015)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}], "gradient": {"colors": ["#ffffff", "#66b1ff"], "minValue": 0, "maxValue": 1}, "legendItems": [{"label": "used by Elise", "color": "#66b1ff"}]}