CurrentControlSet Autorun Keys Modification

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: CurrentControlSet Autorun Keys Modification
Status: test
Description:Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
References:
  -https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1547.001/T1547.001.md
  -https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
  -https://gist.github.com/GlebSukhodolskiy/0fc5fa5f482903064b448890db1eaf9d
Author: Victor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split)
Date: 2019-10-25
modified:2023-08-17
Tags:
  • -'attack.privilege-escalation'
  • -'attack.persistence'
  • -'attack.t1547.001'
Logsource:
  • category: registry_set
  • product: windows
Detection:
  system_control_base:
    TargetObject|contains: '\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control'
  system_control_keys:
    TargetObject|contains:
      -'\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\InitialProgram'
      -'\Terminal Server\Wds\rdpwd\StartupPrograms'
      -'\SecurityProviders\SecurityProviders'
      -'\SafeBoot\AlternateShell'
      -'\Print\Providers'
      -'\Print\Monitors'
      -'\NetworkProvider\Order'
      -'\Lsa\Notification Packages'
      -'\Lsa\Authentication Packages'
      -'\BootVerificationProgram\ImagePath'

  filter_empty:
    Details: '(Empty)'
  filter_cutepdf:
    Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe'
    TargetObject|contains: '\Print\Monitors\CutePDF Writer Monitor'
    Details:
      -'cpwmon64_v40.dll'
      -'CutePDF Writer'

  filter_onenote:
    Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe'
    TargetObject|contains: 'Print\Monitors\Appmon\Ports\Microsoft.Office.OneNote_'
    User|contains:
      -'AUTHORI'
      -'AUTORI'

  filter_poqexec:
    Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\poqexec.exe'
    TargetObject|endswith: '\NetworkProvider\Order\ProviderOrder'
  filter_realvnc:
    Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe'
    TargetObject|endswith: '\Print\Monitors\MONVNC\Driver'
    Details: 'VNCpm.dll'
  condition:all of system_control_* and not 1 of filter_*
Falsepositives:
  -Legitimate software automatically (mostly, during installation) sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason
  -Legitimate administrator sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason
Level: medium