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Hacktool - EDR-Freeze Execution

Detects execution of EDR-Freeze, a tool that exploits the MiniDumpWriteDump function and WerFaultSecure.exe to suspend EDR and Antivirus processes on Windows. EDR-Freeze leverages a race-condition attack to put security processes into a dormant state by suspending WerFaultSecure at the moment it freezes the target process. This technique does not require kernel-level exploits or BYOVD, but instead abuses user-mode functionality to temporarily disable monitoring by EDR or Antimalware solutions.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1562.001

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection_img:
  Image|contains:
    - \EDR-Freeze
    - \EDRFreeze
  Image|endswith: .exe
selection_imphash:
  Hashes|contains:
    - IMPHASH=1195F7935954A2CD09157390C33F8E8C
    - IMPHASH=129F58DE3D687FB7F012BF6C3D679997
    - IMPHASH=2C617A175D0086251642C6619F7CC8BA
    - IMPHASH=8828F0B906F7844358FB92A899E9520F
    - IMPHASH=AF76D95157EC554DC1EF178E4E66D447
    - IMPHASH=E1B04316B61ACA31DD52ABBEC0A37FD5
    - IMPHASH=8B2D5B54AFCFEC60D54F6B31D80ED4A0
    - IMPHASH=AB8BB31EDD91D2A05FE7B62A535E9EB7
condition: 1 of selection_*

Author

Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)

Created

2025-09-24

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1562.001

Raw Content

title: Hacktool - EDR-Freeze Execution
id: c598cc0c-9e70-4852-b9eb-8921af79f598
status: experimental
description: |
    Detects execution of EDR-Freeze, a tool that exploits the MiniDumpWriteDump function and WerFaultSecure.exe to suspend EDR and Antivirus processes on Windows.
    EDR-Freeze leverages a race-condition attack to put security processes into a dormant state by suspending WerFaultSecure at the moment it freezes the target process.
    This technique does not require kernel-level exploits or BYOVD, but instead abuses user-mode functionality to temporarily disable monitoring by EDR or Antimalware solutions.
references:
    - https://www.zerosalarium.com/2025/09/EDR-Freeze-Puts-EDRs-Antivirus-Into-Coma.html
    - https://github.com/TwoSevenOneT/EDR-Freeze
author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
date: 2025-09-24
modified: 2025-11-27
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1562.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        Image|contains:
            - '\EDR-Freeze'
            - '\EDRFreeze'
        Image|endswith: '.exe'
    selection_imphash:
        Hashes|contains:
            - 'IMPHASH=1195F7935954A2CD09157390C33F8E8C'
            - 'IMPHASH=129F58DE3D687FB7F012BF6C3D679997'
            - 'IMPHASH=2C617A175D0086251642C6619F7CC8BA'
            - 'IMPHASH=8828F0B906F7844358FB92A899E9520F'
            - 'IMPHASH=AF76D95157EC554DC1EF178E4E66D447'
            - 'IMPHASH=E1B04316B61ACA31DD52ABBEC0A37FD5'
            - 'IMPHASH=8B2D5B54AFCFEC60D54F6B31D80ED4A0'
            - 'IMPHASH=AB8BB31EDD91D2A05FE7B62A535E9EB7'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_edr_freeze/info.yml