T1010 Application Window Discovery

T1010 Application Window Discovery

High-Level Description

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows. Window listings could convey information about how the system is used. For example, information about application windows could be used identify potential data to collect as well as identifying security tooling (Security Software Discovery) to evade.

Adversaries typically abuse system features for this type of enumeration. For example, they may gather information through native system features such as Command and Scripting Interpreter commands and Native API functions.

Kill Chain Phase

• Discovery (TA0007)

Platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS

What to Check

• Identify if Application Window Discovery technique is applicable to target environment
• Check Linux systems for indicators of Application Window Discovery
• Check Windows systems for indicators of Application Window Discovery
• Check macOS systems for indicators of Application Window Discovery
• Assess detection coverage (1 detection strategies)

How to Test

Atomic Red Team Tests

The following tests are from Atomic Red Team and provide actionable ways to test this technique:

Atomic Test 1: List Process Main Windows - C# .NET

Compiles and executes C# code to list main window titles associated with each process.

Upon successful execution, powershell will download the .cs from the Atomic Red Team repo, and cmd.exe will compile and execute T1010.exe. Upon T1010.exe execution, expected output will be via stdout.

Supported Platforms: windows

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe -out:#{output_file_name} "#{input_source_code}"
#{output_file_name}