User Shell Folders Registry Modification via CommandLine
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects modifications to User Shell Folders registry values via reg.exe or PowerShell, which could indicate persistence attempts.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1:
actionname = "Process started" AND (( PROCESSNAME endswith "\reg.exe,\powershell.exe,powershell_ise.exe,\pwsh.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "reg.exe,powershell.exe,powershell_ise.exe,pwsh.dll" ) AND COMMANDLINE contains " add ,New-ItemProperty,Set-ItemProperty,si " AND ( COMMANDLINE contains "\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" OR COMMANDLINE contains "\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" ) AND COMMANDLINE contains "Startup" )
select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
@Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
