WinSock2 Autorun Keys Modification

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2\Parameters" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "Parameters")) AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\Protocol_Catalog9\Catalog_Entries,\NameSpace_Catalog5\Catalog_Entries" OR ((OBJECTNAME endswith "\Protocol_Catalog9" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "Catalog_Entries") OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\NameSpace_Catalog5" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "Catalog_Entries"))) AND (INFORMATION != "(Empty)" AND PROCESSNAME != "C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe" AND PROCESSNAME != "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Victor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split)