Potential Persistence Via CHM Helper DLL

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects when an attacker modifies the registry key "HtmlHelp Author" to achieve persistence

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND OBJECTNAME contains "\Software\Microsoft\HtmlHelp Author\Location,\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\HtmlHelp Author\Location" OR ((OBJECTNAME endswith "\Software\Microsoft\HtmlHelp Author" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "Location") OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\HtmlHelp Author" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "Location")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)