Potential Persistence Via Logon Scripts - Registry
Detects creation of "UserInitMprLogonScript" registry value which can be used as a persistence method by malicious actors
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1title: Potential Persistence Via Logon Scripts - Registry
2id: 9ace0707-b560-49b8-b6ca-5148b42f39fb
3status: test
4description: Detects creation of "UserInitMprLogonScript" registry value which can be used as a persistence method by malicious actors
5references:
6 - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1037.001/T1037.001.md
7author: Tom Ueltschi (@c_APT_ure)
8date: 2019/01/12
9modified: 2023/06/09
10tags:
11 - attack.t1037.001
12 - attack.persistence
13 - attack.lateral_movement
14logsource:
15 category: registry_add
16 product: windows
17detection:
18 selection:
19 EventType: CreateKey
20 TargetObject|contains: 'UserInitMprLogonScript'
21 condition: selection
22falsepositives:
23 - Investigate the contents of the "UserInitMprLogonScript" value to determine of the added script is legitimate
24level: medium
References
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