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Persistence Via New SIP Provider

Detects when an attacker register a new SIP provider for persistence and defense evasion

MITRE ATT&CK

persistencedefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection_root:
  TargetObject|contains:
    - \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers\
    - \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType
    - \SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers\
    - \SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType
selection_dll:
  TargetObject|contains:
    - \Dll
    - \$DLL
filter:
  Details:
    - WINTRUST.DLL
    - mso.dll
filter_poqexec:
  Image: C:\Windows\System32\poqexec.exe
  TargetObject|contains: \CryptSIPDll
  Details: C:\Windows\System32\PsfSip.dll
condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter*

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-07-21

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Set Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.t1553.003

Raw Content

title: Persistence Via New SIP Provider
id: 5a2b21ee-6aaa-4234-ac9d-59a59edf90a1
status: test
description: Detects when an attacker register a new SIP provider for persistence and defense evasion
references:
    - https://persistence-info.github.io/Data/codesigning.html
    - https://github.com/gtworek/PSBits/tree/master/SIP
    - https://specterops.io/assets/resources/SpecterOps_Subverting_Trust_in_Windows.pdf
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-07-21
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1553.003
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_root:
        TargetObject|contains:
            - '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers\'
            - '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType'
            - '\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers\'
            - '\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType'
    selection_dll:
        TargetObject|contains:
            - '\Dll'
            - '\$DLL'
    filter:
        Details:
            # Add more legitimate SIP providers according to your env
            - WINTRUST.DLL
            - mso.dll
    filter_poqexec:
        Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\poqexec.exe'
        TargetObject|contains: '\CryptSIPDll'
        Details: 'C:\Windows\System32\PsfSip.dll'
    condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate SIP being registered by the OS or different software.
level: medium