Potential Signing Bypass Via Windows Developer Features

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects when a user enable developer features such as "Developer Mode" or "Application Sideloading". Which allows the user to install untrusted packages.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "SystemSettingsAdminFlows.EXE") AND COMMANDLINE contains "TurnOnDeveloperFeatures" AND COMMANDLINE contains "DeveloperUnlock,EnableSideloading" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)