Enabling COR Profiler Environment Variables

calendar Apr 28, 2026 · attack.persistence attack.privilege-escalation attack.execution attack.stealth attack.t1574.012  ·
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Detects .NET Framework CLR and .NET Core CLR "cor_enable_profiling" and "cor_profiler" variables being set and configured.

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 1title: Enabling COR Profiler Environment Variables
 2id: ad89044a-8f49-4673-9a55-cbd88a1b374f
 3status: test
 4description: Detects .NET Framework CLR and .NET Core CLR "cor_enable_profiling" and "cor_profiler" variables being set and configured.
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/jamieantisocial/status/1304520651248668673
 7    - https://www.slideshare.net/JamieWilliams130/started-from-the-bottom-exploiting-data-sources-to-uncover-attck-behaviors
 8    - https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-summit/archives
 9    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/runtime-config/debugging-profiling
10author: Jose Rodriguez (@Cyb3rPandaH), OTR (Open Threat Research), Jimmy Bayne (@bohops)
11date: 2020-09-10
12modified: 2023-11-24
13tags:
14    - attack.persistence
15    - attack.privilege-escalation
16    - attack.execution
17    - attack.stealth
18    - attack.t1574.012
19logsource:
20    category: registry_set
21    product: windows
22detection:
23    selection_1:
24        TargetObject|endswith:
25            - '\COR_ENABLE_PROFILING'
26            - '\COR_PROFILER'
27            - '\CORECLR_ENABLE_PROFILING'
28    selection_2:
29        TargetObject|contains: '\CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH'
30    condition: 1 of selection_*
31level: medium

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