AMSI Bypass via COM Registry Modification


Description

Identifies attempts to disable the Microsoft Antimalware Scan Interface via registry modification. This may indicate an attempt to tamper with certain Windows native protections.

Query · eql

registry where event.action == "modification" and  
 registry.path : "HKEY_USERS\\*_Classes\\CLSID\\{fdb00e52-a214-4aa1-8fba-4357bb0072ec}\\InProcServer*" and 
 not registry.data.strings : ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\amsi.dll", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\amsi.dll")
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[rule]
description = """
Identifies attempts to disable the Microsoft Antimalware Scan Interface via registry modification. This may indicate an
attempt to tamper with certain Windows native protections.
"""
id = "0a3152e5-122f-4145-a107-7ec789b9b1a3"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "AMSI Bypass via COM Registry Modification"
os_list = ["windows"]
version = "1.0.4"

query = '''
registry where event.action == "modification" and  
 registry.path : "HKEY_USERS\\*_Classes\\CLSID\\{fdb00e52-a214-4aa1-8fba-4357bb0072ec}\\InProcServer*" and 
 not registry.data.strings : ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\amsi.dll", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\amsi.dll")
'''

min_endpoint_version = "7.16.0"
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[optional_actions]]
action = "rollback"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1562"
name = "Impair Defenses"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1562.001"
name = "Disable or Modify Tools"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/001/"



[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"

[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "7.16.0"

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