Detected Windows Software Discovery

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.discovery attack.t1518  ·
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Adversaries may attempt to enumerate software for a variety of reasons, such as figuring out what security measures are present or if the compromised system has a version of software that is vulnerable.

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 1title: Detected Windows Software Discovery
 2id: e13f668e-7f95-443d-98d2-1816a7648a7b
 3related:
 4    - id: 2650dd1a-eb2a-412d-ac36-83f06c4f2282
 5      type: derived
 6status: test
 7description: Adversaries may attempt to enumerate software for a variety of reasons, such as figuring out what security measures are present or if the compromised system has a version of software that is vulnerable.
 8references:
 9    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1518/T1518.md
10    - https://github.com/harleyQu1nn/AggressorScripts # AVQuery.cna
11author: Nikita Nazarov, oscd.community
12date: 2020-10-16
13modified: 2022-10-09
14tags:
15    - attack.discovery
16    - attack.t1518
17logsource:
18    category: process_creation
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection:
22        Image|endswith: '\reg.exe'    # Example: reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion
23        CommandLine|contains|all:
24            - 'query'
25            - '\software\'
26            - '/v'
27            - 'svcversion'
28    condition: selection
29falsepositives:
30    - Legitimate administration activities
31level: medium

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