Potential Persistence Via Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser

Detects manual execution of the "Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser" task via schtasks. In order to trigger persistence stored in the "\AppCompatFlags\TelemetryController" registry key.

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 1title: Potential Persistence Via Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser
 2id: f548a603-c9f2-4c89-b511-b089f7e94549
 3related:
 4    - id: 73a883d0-0348-4be4-a8d8-51031c2564f8
 5      type: derived
 6status: test
 7description: |
 8    Detects manual execution of the "Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser" task via schtasks.
 9    In order to trigger persistence stored in the "\AppCompatFlags\TelemetryController" registry key.    
10references:
11    - https://www.trustedsec.com/blog/abusing-windows-telemetry-for-persistence/
12author: Sreeman
13date: 2020-09-29
14modified: 2023-02-10
15tags:
16    - attack.persistence
17    - attack.t1053.005
18logsource:
19    product: windows
20    category: process_creation
21detection:
22    selection_img:
23        - Image|endswith: '\schtasks.exe'
24        - OriginalFileName: 'schtasks.exe'
25    selection_cli:
26        CommandLine|contains|all:
27            - 'run '
28            - '\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser'
29    condition: all of selection_*
30falsepositives:
31    - Unknown
32level: medium

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