Wow6432Node Windows NT CurrentVersion Autorun Keys Modification

calendar Nov 13, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.persistence attack.t1547.001  ·
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Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.

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 1title: Wow6432Node Windows NT CurrentVersion Autorun Keys Modification
 2id: 480421f9-417f-4d3b-9552-fd2728443ec8
 3related:
 4    - id: 17f878b8-9968-4578-b814-c4217fc5768c
 5      type: obsolete
 6status: test
 7description: Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
 8references:
 9    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1547.001/T1547.001.md
10    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
11    - https://gist.github.com/GlebSukhodolskiy/0fc5fa5f482903064b448890db1eaf9d # a list with registry keys
12author: Victor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split)
13date: 2019-10-25
14modified: 2025-10-22
15tags:
16    - attack.privilege-escalation
17    - attack.persistence
18    - attack.t1547.001
19logsource:
20    category: registry_set
21    product: windows
22detection:
23    selection_wow_nt_current_version_base:
24        TargetObject|contains: '\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion'
25    selection_wow_nt_current_version:
26        TargetObject|contains:
27            - '\Windows\Appinit_Dlls'
28            - '\Image File Execution Options'
29            - '\Drivers32'
30    filter_main_empty:
31        Details: '(Empty)'
32    filter_main_null:
33        Details: null
34    filter_main_file_exec_options:
35        Details|endswith: '\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options'
36    condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_*
37falsepositives:
38    - Legitimate software automatically (mostly, during installation) sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason
39    - Legitimate administrator sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason
40level: medium

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