Title:
Wow6432Node Windows NT CurrentVersion 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:2025-10-22
Tags:
- -'attack.privilege-escalation'
- -'attack.persistence'
- -'attack.t1547.001'
Logsource:
- category: registry_set
- product: windows
Detection:
selection_wow_nt_current_version_base:
TargetObject|contains:
'\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion'
selection_wow_nt_current_version:
TargetObject|contains:
-'\Windows\Appinit_Dlls'
-'\Image File Execution Options'
-'\Drivers32'
filter_main_empty:
Details:
'(Empty)'
filter_main_null:
Details:
'None'
filter_main_file_exec_options:
Details|endswith:
'\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options'
condition:
all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_*
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
