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Registry Explorer Policy Modification

Detects registry modifications that disable internal tools or functions in explorer (malware like Agent Tesla uses this technique)

MITRE ATT&CK

T1112

persistencedefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection_set_1:
  TargetObject|endswith:
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoLogOff
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDesktop
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRun
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFind
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoControlPanel
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFileMenu
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoClose
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSetTaskbar
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoPropertiesMyDocuments
    - SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoTrayContextMenu
  Details: DWORD (0x00000001)
condition: selection_set_1

Author

frack113

Created

2022-03-18

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Set Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1112/T1112.md

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.t1112

Raw Content

title: Registry Explorer Policy Modification
id: 1c3121ed-041b-4d97-a075-07f54f20fb4a
status: test
description: Detects registry modifications that disable internal tools or functions in explorer (malware like Agent Tesla uses this technique)
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1112/T1112.md
author: frack113
date: 2022-03-18
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1112
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_set_1:
        TargetObject|endswith:
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoLogOff'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDesktop'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRun'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFind'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoControlPanel'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFileMenu'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoClose'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSetTaskbar'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoPropertiesMyDocuments'
            - 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoTrayContextMenu'
        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000001)'
    condition: selection_set_1
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate admin script
level: medium