HackTool - SharPersist Execution

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053  ·
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Detects the execution of the hacktool SharPersist - used to deploy various different kinds of persistence mechanisms

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 1title: HackTool - SharPersist Execution
 2id: 26488ad0-f9fd-4536-876f-52fea846a2e4
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the execution of the hacktool SharPersist - used to deploy various different kinds of persistence mechanisms
 5references:
 6    - https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/sharpersist-windows-persistence-toolkit
 7    - https://github.com/mandiant/SharPersist
 8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2022-09-15
10modified: 2023-02-04
11tags:
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.execution
14    - attack.persistence
15    - attack.t1053
16logsource:
17    category: process_creation
18    product: windows
19detection:
20    selection_img:
21        - Image|endswith: '\SharPersist.exe'
22        - Product: 'SharPersist'
23    selection_cli_1:
24        CommandLine|contains:
25            - ' -t schtask -c '
26            - ' -t startupfolder -c '
27    selection_cli_2:
28        CommandLine|contains|all:
29            - ' -t reg -c '
30            - ' -m add'
31    selection_cli_3:
32        CommandLine|contains|all:
33            - ' -t service -c '
34            - ' -m add'
35    selection_cli_4:
36        CommandLine|contains|all:
37            - ' -t schtask -c '
38            - ' -m add'
39    condition: 1 of selection_*
40falsepositives:
41    - Unknown
42level: high

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