New Custom Shim Database Created
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by application shims. The Microsoft Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure/Framework (Application Shim) was created to allow for backward compatibility of software as the operating system codebase changes over time.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND FILENAME contains ":\Windows\apppatch\Custom\,:\Windows\apppatch\CustomSDB" OR OBJECTNAME contains ":\Windows\apppatch\Custom\,:\Windows\apppatch\CustomSDB" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
