Potential Persistence Attempt Via Run Keys Using Reg.EXE
Detects suspicious command line reg.exe tool adding key to RUN key in Registry
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1title: Potential Persistence Attempt Via Run Keys Using Reg.EXE
2id: de587dce-915e-4218-aac4-835ca6af6f70
3status: test
4description: Detects suspicious command line reg.exe tool adding key to RUN key in Registry
5references:
6 - https://app.any.run/tasks/9c0f37bc-867a-4314-b685-e101566766d7/
7 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/setupapi/run-and-runonce-registry-keys
8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
9date: 2021-06-28
10modified: 2023-01-30
11tags:
12 - attack.persistence
13 - attack.t1547.001
14logsource:
15 category: process_creation
16 product: windows
17detection:
18 selection:
19 CommandLine|contains|all:
20 - 'reg'
21 - ' ADD '
22 - 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
23 condition: selection
24falsepositives:
25 - Legitimate software automatically (mostly, during installation) sets up autorun keys for legitimate reasons.
26 - Legitimate administrator sets up autorun keys for legitimate reasons.
27 - Discord
28level: medium
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