System Control Panel Item Loaded From Uncommon Location

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects image load events of system control panel items (.cpl) from uncommon or non-system locations which might be the result of sideloading.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "sa_imageloaded" AND OBJECTNAME endswith "\hdwwiz.cpl,\appwiz.cpl" AND OBJECTNAME notcontains ":\Windows\System32\,:\Windows\SysWOW64\,:\Windows\WinSxS" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Anish Bogati