title: Session Manager Autorun Keys Modification
id: 046218bd-e0d8-4113-a3c3-895a12b2b298
related:
- id: 17f878b8-9968-4578-b814-c4217fc5768c
type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1547.001/T1547.001.md
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
- https://gist.github.com/GlebSukhodolskiy/0fc5fa5f482903064b448890db1eaf9d # a list with registry keys
author: Victor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split)
date: 2019-10-25
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.persistence
- attack.t1547.001
- attack.t1546.009
logsource:
category: registry_set
product: windows
detection:
session_manager_base:
TargetObject|contains: '\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager'
session_manager:
TargetObject|contains:
- '\SetupExecute'
- '\S0InitialCommand'
- '\KnownDlls'
- '\Execute'
- '\BootExecute'
- '\AppCertDlls'
filter:
Details: '(Empty)'
condition: session_manager_base and session_manager and not filter
falsepositives:
- Legitimate software automatically (mostly, during installation) sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason
- Legitimate administrator sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason
level: medium