Suspicious Run Key from Download

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.persistence attack.t1547.001  ·
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Detects the suspicious RUN keys created by software located in Download or temporary Outlook/Internet Explorer directories

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 1title: Suspicious Run Key from Download
 2id: 9c5037d1-c568-49b3-88c7-9846a5bdc2be
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the suspicious RUN keys created by software located in Download or temporary Outlook/Internet Explorer directories
 5references:
 6    - https://app.any.run/tasks/c5bef5b7-f484-4c43-9cf3-d5c5c7839def/
 7    - https://github.com/HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks/blob/e4c7b21b8f36c97c35b7c622732b38a189ce18f7/src/windows-hardening/windows-local-privilege-escalation/privilege-escalation-with-autorun-binaries.md
 8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poude (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2019-10-01
10modified: 2025-02-17
11tags:
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.persistence
14    - attack.t1547.001
15logsource:
16    category: registry_event
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        Image|contains:
21            - '\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Outlook_'
22            - '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Olk\Attachments\'
23            - '\Downloads\'
24            - '\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\'
25            - '\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\'
26        TargetObject|contains:
27            - '\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
28            - '\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
29            - '\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run'
30    condition: selection
31falsepositives:
32    - Software installers downloaded and used by users
33level: high

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