Image File Execution Options Injection

 1[metadata]
 2creation_date = "2020/11/17"
 3integration = ["endpoint"]
 4maturity = "production"
 5min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
 6min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
 7updated_date = "2024/03/28"
 8
 9[rule]
10author = ["Elastic"]
11description = """
12The Debugger and SilentProcessExit registry keys can allow an adversary to intercept the execution of files, causing a
13different process to be executed. This functionality can be abused by an adversary to establish persistence.
14"""
15from = "now-9m"
16index = ["logs-endpoint.events.registry-*", "endgame-*", "logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*"]
17language = "eql"
18license = "Elastic License v2"
19name = "Image File Execution Options Injection"
20references = [
21    "https://oddvar.moe/2018/04/10/persistence-using-globalflags-in-image-file-execution-options-hidden-from-autoruns-exe/",
22]
23risk_score = 47
24rule_id = "6839c821-011d-43bd-bd5b-acff00257226"
25severity = "medium"
26tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Windows", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Persistence", "Tactic: Defense Evasion", "Data Source: Elastic Endgame", "Data Source: Elastic Defend", "Data Source: Sysmon"]
27timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
28type = "eql"
29
30query = '''
31registry where host.os.type == "windows" and length(registry.data.strings) > 0 and
32  registry.path : (
33    "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\*.exe\\Debugger",
34    "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\*\\Debugger",
35    "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\SilentProcessExit\\*\\MonitorProcess",
36    "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\SilentProcessExit\\*\\MonitorProcess",
37    "\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\*.exe\\Debugger",
38    "\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\*\\Debugger",
39    "\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\SilentProcessExit\\*\\MonitorProcess",
40    "\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\SilentProcessExit\\*\\MonitorProcess"
41  ) and
42    /* add FPs here */
43  not registry.data.strings regex~ ("""C:\\Program Files( \(x86\))?\\ThinKiosk\\thinkiosk\.exe""", """.*\\PSAppDeployToolkit\\.*""")
44'''
45
46
47[[rule.threat]]
48framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
49[[rule.threat.technique]]
50id = "T1546"
51name = "Event Triggered Execution"
52reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/"
53[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
54id = "T1546.012"
55name = "Image File Execution Options Injection"
56reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/012/"
57
58
59
60[rule.threat.tactic]
61id = "TA0003"
62name = "Persistence"
63reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"
64
65
66
67[[rule.threat]]
68framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
69[[rule.threat.technique]]
70id = "T1112"
71name = "Modify Registry"
72reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1112/"
73
74[rule.threat.tactic]
75id = "TA0005"
76name = "Defense Evasion"
77reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"