CM-06 Configuration Settings
Configuration Management
Low Moderate High
Description
a. Establish and document configuration settings for components employed within the system that reflect the most restrictive mode consistent with operational requirements using [Assignment: organization-defined common secure configurations]; b. Implement the configuration settings; c. Identify, document, and approve any deviations from established configuration settings for [Assignment: organization-defined system components] based on [Assignment: organization-defined operational requirements]; and d. Monitor and control changes to the configuration settings in accordance with organizational policies and procedures.
Supplemental Guidance
Configuration settings are the parameters that can be changed in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security and privacy posture or functionality of the system. Information technology products for which configuration settings can be defined include mainframe computers, servers, workstations, operating systems, mobile devices, input/output devices, protocols, and applications. Parameters that impact the security posture of systems include registry settings; account, file, or directory permission settings; and settings for functions, protocols, ports, services, and remote connections. Privacy parameters are parameters impacting the privacy posture of systems, including the parameters required to satisfy other privacy controls. Privacy parameters include settings for access controls, data processing preferences, and processing and retention permissions. Organizations establish organization-wide configuration settings and subsequently derive specific configuration settings for systems. The established settings become part of the configuration baseline for the system. Common secure configurations (also known as security configuration checklists, lockdown and hardening guides, and security reference guides) provide recognized, standardized, and established benchmarks that stipulate secure configuration settings for information technology products and platforms as well as instructions for configuring those products or platforms to meet operational requirements. Common secure configurations can be developed by a variety of organizations, including information technology product developers, manufacturers, vendors, federal agencies, consortia, academia, industry, and other organizations in the public and private sectors. Implementation of a common secure configuration may be mandated at the organization level, mission and business process level, system level, or at a higher level, including by a regulatory agency. Common secure configurations include the United States Government Configuration Baseline [USGCB] and security technical implementation guides (STIGs), which affect the implementation of CM-6 and other controls such as AC-19 and CM-7. The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) and the defined standards within the protocol provide an effective method to uniquely identify, track, and control configuration settings.
Changes from Rev 4
Minor text changes Changed parameter from specific information system checklists to specific common secure configurations Discussion adds explanation of privacy parameters
Enhancements (2)
What NIST adds to this control. Select one to read its statement.
CM-06(01) Automated Management, Application, and Verification High
Manage, apply, and verify configuration settings for [Assignment: organization-defined system components] using [Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms].
CM-06(02) Respond to Unauthorized Changes High
Take the following actions in response to unauthorized changes to [Assignment: organization-defined configuration settings]: [Assignment: organization-defined actions].
Patterns that use this control (15)
Grouped by the emphasis each pattern gives it.
Critical (1)
Important (9)
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (344)
ATT&CK v16.1Techniques mitigated by this control, mapped via CTID.
Reconnaissance 4 Initial Access 14 Execution 31 Persistence 85 Privilege Escalation 65 Defense Evasion 115 Credential Access 47 Discovery 9 Lateral Movement 19 Collection 19 Command & Control 33 Exfiltration 12 Impact 15
Show all 344 techniques grouped by tactic
Reconnaissance
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts T1091 Replication Through Removable Media T1133 External Remote Services T1189 Drive-by Compromise T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application T1195 Supply Chain Compromise T1199 Trusted Relationship T1566 Phishing T1078.002 Domain Accounts T1078.003 Local Accounts T1078.004 Cloud Accounts T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Execution
T1047 Windows Management Instrumentation T1053 Scheduled Task/Job T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1072 Software Deployment Tools T1106 Native API T1204 User Execution T1559 Inter-Process Communication T1569 System Services T1609 Container Administration Command T1610 Deploy Container T1648 Serverless Execution T1053.002 At T1053.005 Scheduled Task T1053.006 Systemd Timers T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.002 AppleScript T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1059.004 Unix Shell T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.006 Python T1059.007 JavaScript T1059.008 Network Device CLI T1059.010 AutoHotKey & AutoIT T1059.011 Lua T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1204.003 Malicious Image T1559.001 Component Object Model T1559.002 Dynamic Data Exchange T1559.003 XPC Services T1569.002 Service Execution
Persistence
T1037 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts T1053 Scheduled Task/Job T1078 Valid Accounts T1098 Account Manipulation T1133 External Remote Services T1136 Create Account T1137 Office Application Startup T1176 Browser Extensions T1197 BITS Jobs T1205 Traffic Signaling T1505 Server Software Component T1525 Implant Internal Image T1542 Pre-OS Boot T1543 Create or Modify System Process T1546 Event Triggered Execution T1554 Compromise Host Software Binary T1556 Modify Authentication Process T1574 Hijack Execution Flow T1037.002 Login Hook T1037.003 Network Logon Script T1037.004 RC Scripts T1037.005 Startup Items T1053.002 At T1053.005 Scheduled Task T1053.006 Systemd Timers T1078.002 Domain Accounts T1078.003 Local Accounts T1078.004 Cloud Accounts T1098.001 Additional Cloud Credentials T1098.002 Additional Email Delegate Permissions T1098.003 Additional Cloud Roles T1098.004 SSH Authorized Keys T1098.005 Device Registration T1098.007 Additional Local or Domain Groups T1136.001 Local Account T1136.002 Domain Account T1136.003 Cloud Account T1137.001 Office Template Macros T1137.002 Office Test T1137.003 Outlook Forms T1137.004 Outlook Home Page T1137.005 Outlook Rules T1137.006 Add-ins T1205.001 Port Knocking T1505.001 SQL Stored Procedures T1505.002 Transport Agent T1505.003 Web Shell T1505.004 IIS Components T1505.005 Terminal Services DLL T1542.001 System Firmware T1542.003 Bootkit T1542.004 ROMMONkit T1542.005 TFTP Boot T1543.002 Systemd Service T1546.002 Screensaver T1546.003 Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription T1546.004 Unix Shell Configuration Modification T1546.006 LC_LOAD_DYLIB Addition T1546.008 Accessibility Features T1546.013 PowerShell Profile T1546.014 Emond T1546.016 Installer Packages T1547.002 Authentication Package T1547.003 Time Providers T1547.005 Security Support Provider T1547.006 Kernel Modules and Extensions T1547.007 Re-opened Applications T1547.008 LSASS Driver T1547.009 Shortcut Modification T1547.013 XDG Autostart Entries T1556.001 Domain Controller Authentication T1556.002 Password Filter DLL T1556.003 Pluggable Authentication Modules T1556.004 Network Device Authentication T1556.008 Network Provider DLL T1556.009 Conditional Access Policies T1574.001 DLL Search Order Hijacking T1574.004 Dylib Hijacking T1574.005 Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness T1574.006 Dynamic Linker Hijacking T1574.007 Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable T1574.008 Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking T1574.009 Path Interception by Unquoted Path T1574.010 Services File Permissions Weakness T1574.014 AppDomainManager
Privilege Escalation
T1037 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts T1053 Scheduled Task/Job T1055 Process Injection T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1078 Valid Accounts T1098 Account Manipulation T1134 Access Token Manipulation T1484 Domain or Tenant Policy Modification T1543 Create or Modify System Process T1546 Event Triggered Execution T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism T1574 Hijack Execution Flow T1611 Escape to Host T1037.002 Login Hook T1037.003 Network Logon Script T1037.004 RC Scripts T1037.005 Startup Items T1053.002 At T1053.005 Scheduled Task T1053.006 Systemd Timers T1055.008 Ptrace System Calls T1078.002 Domain Accounts T1078.003 Local Accounts T1078.004 Cloud Accounts T1098.001 Additional Cloud Credentials T1098.002 Additional Email Delegate Permissions T1098.003 Additional Cloud Roles T1098.004 SSH Authorized Keys T1098.005 Device Registration T1098.007 Additional Local or Domain Groups T1134.001 Token Impersonation/Theft T1134.002 Create Process with Token T1134.003 Make and Impersonate Token T1134.005 SID-History Injection T1543.002 Systemd Service T1546.002 Screensaver T1546.003 Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription T1546.004 Unix Shell Configuration Modification T1546.006 LC_LOAD_DYLIB Addition T1546.008 Accessibility Features T1546.013 PowerShell Profile T1546.014 Emond T1546.016 Installer Packages T1547.002 Authentication Package T1547.003 Time Providers T1547.005 Security Support Provider T1547.006 Kernel Modules and Extensions T1547.007 Re-opened Applications T1547.008 LSASS Driver T1547.009 Shortcut Modification T1547.013 XDG Autostart Entries T1548.001 Setuid and Setgid T1548.002 Bypass User Account Control T1548.003 Sudo and Sudo Caching T1548.004 Elevated Execution with Prompt T1548.006 TCC Manipulation T1574.001 DLL Search Order Hijacking T1574.004 Dylib Hijacking T1574.005 Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness T1574.006 Dynamic Linker Hijacking T1574.007 Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable T1574.008 Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking T1574.009 Path Interception by Unquoted Path T1574.010 Services File Permissions Weakness T1574.014 AppDomainManager
Defense Evasion
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information T1036 Masquerading T1055 Process Injection T1070 Indicator Removal T1078 Valid Accounts T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution T1134 Access Token Manipulation T1197 BITS Jobs T1205 Traffic Signaling T1211 Exploitation for Defense Evasion T1216 System Script Proxy Execution T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution T1220 XSL Script Processing T1221 Template Injection T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification T1484 Domain or Tenant Policy Modification T1542 Pre-OS Boot T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism T1550 Use Alternate Authentication Material T1553 Subvert Trust Controls T1556 Modify Authentication Process T1562 Impair Defenses T1574 Hijack Execution Flow T1599 Network Boundary Bridging T1601 Modify System Image T1610 Deploy Container T1612 Build Image on Host T1622 Debugger Evasion T1647 Plist File Modification T1027.010 Command Obfuscation T1036.001 Invalid Code Signature T1036.003 Rename System Utilities T1036.005 Match Legitimate Name or Location T1036.007 Double File Extension T1036.010 Masquerade Account Name T1055.008 Ptrace System Calls T1070.001 Clear Windows Event Logs T1070.002 Clear Linux or Mac System Logs T1070.003 Clear Command History T1070.007 Clear Network Connection History and Configurations T1070.008 Clear Mailbox Data T1070.009 Clear Persistence T1078.002 Domain Accounts T1078.003 Local Accounts T1078.004 Cloud Accounts T1127.001 MSBuild T1127.002 ClickOnce T1134.001 Token Impersonation/Theft T1134.002 Create Process with Token T1134.003 Make and Impersonate Token T1134.005 SID-History Injection T1205.001 Port Knocking T1216.001 PubPrn T1216.002 SyncAppvPublishingServer T1218.001 Compiled HTML File T1218.002 Control Panel T1218.003 CMSTP T1218.004 InstallUtil T1218.005 Mshta T1218.007 Msiexec T1218.008 Odbcconf T1218.009 Regsvcs/Regasm T1218.012 Verclsid T1218.013 Mavinject T1218.014 MMC T1218.015 Electron Applications T1222.001 Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification T1222.002 Linux and Mac File and Directory Permissions Modification T1542.001 System Firmware T1542.003 Bootkit T1542.004 ROMMONkit T1542.005 TFTP Boot T1548.001 Setuid and Setgid T1548.002 Bypass User Account Control T1548.003 Sudo and Sudo Caching T1548.004 Elevated Execution with Prompt T1548.006 TCC Manipulation T1550.001 Application Access Token T1550.002 Pass the Hash T1550.003 Pass the Ticket T1553.001 Gatekeeper Bypass T1553.003 SIP and Trust Provider Hijacking T1553.004 Install Root Certificate T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass T1556.001 Domain Controller Authentication T1556.002 Password Filter DLL T1556.003 Pluggable Authentication Modules T1556.004 Network Device Authentication T1556.008 Network Provider DLL T1556.009 Conditional Access Policies T1562.001 Disable or Modify Tools T1562.002 Disable Windows Event Logging T1562.003 Impair Command History Logging T1562.004 Disable or Modify System Firewall T1562.006 Indicator Blocking T1562.009 Safe Mode Boot T1562.010 Downgrade Attack T1562.011 Spoof Security Alerting T1562.012 Disable or Modify Linux Audit System T1564.002 Hidden Users T1564.006 Run Virtual Instance T1564.007 VBA Stomping T1564.009 Resource Forking T1574.001 DLL Search Order Hijacking T1574.004 Dylib Hijacking T1574.005 Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness T1574.006 Dynamic Linker Hijacking T1574.007 Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable T1574.008 Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking T1574.009 Path Interception by Unquoted Path T1574.010 Services File Permissions Weakness T1574.014 AppDomainManager T1599.001 Network Address Translation Traversal T1601.001 Patch System Image T1601.002 Downgrade System Image
Credential Access
T1003 OS Credential Dumping T1110 Brute Force T1111 Multi-Factor Authentication Interception T1187 Forced Authentication T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access T1528 Steal Application Access Token T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie T1552 Unsecured Credentials T1556 Modify Authentication Process T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets T1003.001 LSASS Memory T1003.002 Security Account Manager T1003.003 NTDS T1003.004 LSA Secrets T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials T1003.006 DCSync T1003.007 Proc Filesystem T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow T1056.003 Web Portal Capture T1110.001 Password Guessing T1110.002 Password Cracking T1110.003 Password Spraying T1110.004 Credential Stuffing T1552.001 Credentials In Files T1552.002 Credentials in Registry T1552.003 Bash History T1552.004 Private Keys T1552.005 Cloud Instance Metadata API T1552.006 Group Policy Preferences T1552.007 Container API T1555.004 Windows Credential Manager T1555.005 Password Managers T1556.001 Domain Controller Authentication T1556.002 Password Filter DLL T1556.003 Pluggable Authentication Modules T1556.004 Network Device Authentication T1556.008 Network Provider DLL T1556.009 Conditional Access Policies T1557.001 LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and SMB Relay T1557.002 ARP Cache Poisoning T1557.003 DHCP Spoofing T1557.004 Evil Twin T1558.001 Golden Ticket T1558.002 Silver Ticket T1558.003 Kerberoasting T1558.004 AS-REP Roasting
Discovery
Lateral Movement
T1021 Remote Services T1072 Software Deployment Tools T1091 Replication Through Removable Media T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services T1550 Use Alternate Authentication Material T1563 Remote Service Session Hijacking T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1021.003 Distributed Component Object Model T1021.004 SSH T1021.005 VNC T1021.006 Windows Remote Management T1021.008 Direct Cloud VM Connections T1550.001 Application Access Token T1550.002 Pass the Hash T1550.003 Pass the Ticket T1563.001 SSH Hijacking T1563.002 RDP Hijacking
Collection
T1114 Email Collection T1119 Automated Collection T1213 Data from Information Repositories T1530 Data from Cloud Storage T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle T1602 Data from Configuration Repository T1056.003 Web Portal Capture T1114.002 Remote Email Collection T1114.003 Email Forwarding Rule T1213.001 Confluence T1213.002 Sharepoint T1213.004 Customer Relationship Management Software T1213.005 Messaging Applications T1557.001 LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and SMB Relay T1557.002 ARP Cache Poisoning T1557.003 DHCP Spoofing T1557.004 Evil Twin T1602.001 SNMP (MIB Dump) T1602.002 Network Device Configuration Dump
Command & Control
T1001 Data Obfuscation T1008 Fallback Channels T1071 Application Layer Protocol T1090 Proxy T1092 Communication Through Removable Media T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol T1102 Web Service T1104 Multi-Stage Channels T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer T1132 Data Encoding T1205 Traffic Signaling T1219 Remote Access Software T1571 Non-Standard Port T1572 Protocol Tunneling T1573 Encrypted Channel T1001.001 Junk Data T1001.002 Steganography T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation T1071.001 Web Protocols T1071.002 File Transfer Protocols T1071.003 Mail Protocols T1071.004 DNS T1090.001 Internal Proxy T1090.002 External Proxy T1090.003 Multi-hop Proxy T1102.001 Dead Drop Resolver T1102.002 Bidirectional Communication T1102.003 One-Way Communication T1132.001 Standard Encoding T1132.002 Non-Standard Encoding T1205.001 Port Knocking T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography
Exfiltration
T1011 Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium T1029 Scheduled Transfer T1030 Data Transfer Size Limits T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium T1537 Transfer Data to Cloud Account T1011.001 Exfiltration Over Bluetooth T1020.001 Traffic Duplication T1048.001 Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol T1048.002 Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol T1048.003 Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol T1052.001 Exfiltration over USB
Impact
T1489 Service Stop T1490 Inhibit System Recovery T1495 Firmware Corruption T1498 Network Denial of Service T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service T1565 Data Manipulation T1498.001 Direct Network Flood T1498.002 Reflection Amplification T1499.001 OS Exhaustion Flood T1499.002 Service Exhaustion Flood T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation T1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulation T1565.003 Runtime Data Manipulation
Compliance Mappings
ISO 27001:2022
A.8.9
ISO 27002:2022
5.378.9
COBIT 2019
BAI10
CIS Controls v8
CIS 4CIS 4.1CIS 4.2CIS 4.6CIS 4.7CIS 10.5CIS 12CIS 12.1CIS 12.3CIS 16.7
NIST CSF 2.0
DE.CM-09PR.PS-01
SOC 2 TSC
CC6.1-POF7CC6.7-POF1CC7.1CC7.1-POF1CC8.1
PCI DSS v4.0.1
1.21.2.11.2.82.12.22.2.12.2.2
CSA CCM v4
CCC-06IVS-04UEM-05UEM-07
CSA AICM v1
CCC-06I&S-04UEM-05UEM-07
FINOS CCC
CCC-C14
ISO 42001:2023
A.4.2A.6.2.3
IEC 62443
3-3 SR 7.6
NIS2 Directive
Art. 21(2)(g)
MAS TRM
11
ASD Essential Eight
E8-3E8-3 ML1E8-3 ML3E8-4E8-4 ML1E8-4 ML2E8-4 ML3
BSI IT-Grundschutz
APP.1.1NET.1.2NET.3.1SYS.1.1SYS.2.1
ANSSI
Hygiene.18Hygiene.20SecNumCloud.13.1
FINMA Circular 2023/1
IV.A(28)IV.A(29)IV.C(64)
OSFI B-13
B-13.2.2B-13.3.2
EU GDPR
Art.25(1)Art.25(2)Art.32(1)(b)
EU DORA
Art.7(1)Art.9(1)
BIO2
5.378.9
RBI CSF
Annex1.5
FISC Security Guidelines
FISC.O3FISC.T7FISC.T14
LGPD + BCB 4893
LGPD.Art.46
HKMA TM-E-1
TME1.4.1
MLPS 2.0
8.1.5.38.1.10.48.1.10.6
DNB Good Practice
DNB.3.2DNB.13.1DNB.19.2DNB.20.1
EU CRA
CRA.I.2bCRA.Info.8a
SWIFT CSCF
SWIFT.1.3SWIFT.2.3SWIFT.2.10
SAMA CSF
3.33.53.84.3
NCA ECC
2-32-105-1
UAE IA
T7
CBB TM
TM-5
Qatar NIA
OS
CBUAE
CR-7
CBE CSF
CTO-6CTO-7CTO-12
SA JS2
JS2-7.2JS2-8.4
CBN CSF
Part3.3
BoG CISD
CISD-VI
POPIA
s19
BoM CTRM
3.13.2
IOSCO Cyber Resilience
PROT-6
CPMI-IOSCO PFMI
CG.PRPFMI.P17PFMI.P22
FFIEC IS
II.A.2II.C.10II.C.15(a)II.C.18
NYDFS 500
500.5
HIPAA Security Rule
§164.316(b)(2)(ii)
ECB CROE
CROE.2.3.4
EBA ICT Guidelines
3.4.43.5(a)
SEBI CSCRF
PR.ESPR.IP
BOT Cyber Resilience
Ch2.1
CMMC 2.0
CM
NERC CIP
CIP-010-4
10 CFR 73.54
RG5.71-B-CM
IEEE 1686-2022
5.4
DOE C2M2 v2.1
ASSET
API 1164
Sec 7
IAEA NSS 17-T
Sec 5.4
FIPS 140-3
FIPS 140-3 §7.2FIPS 140-3 §7.6
PCI HSM
8
Common Criteria
CC Part 2 — FMT
ISAE 3402
Clause 4
Solvency II
DR.266EIOPA-ICT-4.8
Lloyd's Minimum Standards
MS8.4
NAIC Insurance Data Security
4-config4B
PRA SS1/23
P3.3P-IT.3
FCA SYSC 13
SYSC 13.6.5SYSC 13.7.1
HITRUST CSF v11
09.a
FDA 21 CFR Part 11
§11.10(f)
FDA Cybersecurity Guidance
PU-2SPDF-3
ISO 27799
12.118.4
NHS DSPT
NDG-9.9
OWASP MASVS v2.1
MASVS-CODE-1MASVS-CRYPTO-1MASVS-CRYPTO-2
CCSS v9.0
1.02.6
MiCA
Art.62(1)Art.62(5)
Basel SCO60
SCO60.51SCO60.64SCO60.65
BSSC Standards
GSP-14NOS-03TIS-03
SEC Custody (Digital Assets)
SEC-CD-03SEC-CD-06SEC-CD-07SEC-CD-08
ISO 17799 (legacy)
None.
COBIT 4.1 (legacy)
None.