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New Netsh Helper DLL Registered From A Suspicious Location

Detects changes to the Netsh registry key to add a new DLL value that is located on a suspicious location. This change might be an indication of a potential persistence attempt by adding a malicious Netsh helper

MITRE ATT&CK

T1546.007

privilege-escalationpersistence

Detection Query

selection_target:
  TargetObject|contains: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh
selection_folders_1:
  Details|contains:
    - :\Perflogs\
    - :\Users\Public\
    - :\Windows\Temp\
    - \AppData\Local\Temp\
    - \Temporary Internet
selection_folders_2:
  - Details|contains|all:
      - :\Users\
      - \Favorites\
  - Details|contains|all:
      - :\Users\
      - \Favourites\
  - Details|contains|all:
      - :\Users\
      - \Contacts\
  - Details|contains|all:
      - :\Users\
      - \Pictures\
condition: selection_target and 1 of selection_folders_*

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Created

2023-11-28

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Set Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.t1546.007

Raw Content

title: New Netsh Helper DLL Registered From A Suspicious Location
id: e7b18879-676e-4a0e-ae18-27039185a8e7
related:
    - id: 56321594-9087-49d9-bf10-524fe8479452
      type: similar
    - id: c90362e0-2df3-4e61-94fe-b37615814cb1
      type: similar
status: test
description: |
    Detects changes to the Netsh registry key to add a new DLL value that is located on a suspicious location. This change might be an indication of a potential persistence attempt by adding a malicious Netsh helper
references:
    - https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/persistence/t1128-netsh-helper-dll
    - https://pentestlab.blog/2019/10/29/persistence-netsh-helper-dll/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-11-28
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1546.007
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_target:
        TargetObject|contains: '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh'
    selection_folders_1:
        Details|contains:
            - ':\Perflogs\'
            - ':\Users\Public\'
            - ':\Windows\Temp\'
            - '\AppData\Local\Temp\'
            - '\Temporary Internet'
    selection_folders_2:
        - Details|contains|all:
              - ':\Users\'
              - '\Favorites\'
        - Details|contains|all:
              - ':\Users\'
              - '\Favourites\'
        - Details|contains|all:
              - ':\Users\'
              - '\Contacts\'
        - Details|contains|all:
              - ':\Users\'
              - '\Pictures\'
    condition: selection_target and 1 of selection_folders_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high