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Path To Screensaver Binary Modified

Detects value modification of registry key containing path to binary used as screensaver.

MITRE ATT&CK

persistenceprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  TargetObject|endswith: \Control Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE
filter:
  Image|endswith:
    - \rundll32.exe
    - \explorer.exe
condition: selection and not filter

Author

Bartlomiej Czyz @bczyz1, oscd.community

Created

2020-10-11

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1546.002

Raw Content

title: Path To Screensaver Binary Modified
id: 67a6c006-3fbe-46a7-9074-2ba3b82c3000
status: test
description: Detects value modification of registry key containing path to binary used as screensaver.
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1546.002/T1546.002.md
    - https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eset-gazer.pdf
author: Bartlomiej Czyz @bczyz1, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-11
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1546.002
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith: '\Control Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE' # HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE
    filter:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\rundll32.exe'
            - '\explorer.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate modification of screensaver
level: medium