Registry Persistence Mechanisms in Recycle Bin

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.persistence attack.t1547  ·
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Detects persistence registry keys for Recycle Bin

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 1title: Registry Persistence Mechanisms in Recycle Bin
 2id: 277efb8f-60be-4f10-b4d3-037802f37167
 3status: test
 4description: Detects persistence registry keys for Recycle Bin
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/vxunderground/VXUG-Papers/blob/751edb8d50f95bd7baa730adf2c6c3bb1b034276/The%20Persistence%20Series/Persistence%20via%20Recycle%20Bin/Persistence_via_Recycle_Bin.pdf
 7    - https://persistence-info.github.io/Data/recyclebin.html
 8    - https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2018/05/28/beyond-good-ol-run-key-part-78-2/
 9author: frack113
10date: 2021-11-18
11modified: 2022-12-06
12tags:
13    - attack.privilege-escalation
14    - attack.persistence
15    - attack.t1547
16logsource:
17    category: registry_event
18    product: windows
19detection:
20    selection_create:
21        EventType: RenameKey
22        NewName|contains: '\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\open'
23    selection_set:
24        EventType: SetValue
25        TargetObject|contains: '\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\open\command\(Default)'
26    condition: 1 of selection_*
27falsepositives:
28    - Unknown
29level: high

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