Potential Persistence Via Netsh Helper DLL - Registry

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects changes to the Netsh registry key to add a new DLL value. This change might be an indication of a potential persistence attempt by adding a malicious Netsh helper

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "NetSh")) AND INFORMATION contains ".dll" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Anish Bogati