Persistence Via Hhctrl.ocx

Detects when an attacker modifies the registry value of the "hhctrl" to point to a custom binary

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 1title: Persistence Via Hhctrl.ocx
 2id: f10ed525-97fe-4fed-be7c-2feecca941b1
 3status: test
 4description: Detects when an attacker modifies the registry value of the "hhctrl" to point to a custom binary
 5references:
 6    - https://persistence-info.github.io/Data/hhctrl.html
 7    - https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2018/04/23/beyond-good-ol-run-key-part-77/
 8author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2022-07-21
10modified: 2023-08-17
11tags:
12    - attack.persistence
13logsource:
14    category: registry_set
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        TargetObject|contains: '\CLSID\{52A2AAAE-085D-4187-97EA-8C30DB990436}\InprocServer32\(Default)'
19    filter:
20        Details: 'C:\Windows\System32\hhctrl.ocx'
21    condition: selection and not filter
22falsepositives:
23    - Unlikely
24level: high

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