Register New IFiltre For Persistence

title: Register New IFiltre For Persistence
id: b23818c7-e575-4d13-8012-332075ec0a2b
status: test
description: |
    Detects when an attacker registers a new IFilter for an extension. Microsoft Windows Search uses filters to extract the content of items for inclusion in a full-text index.
    You can extend Windows Search to index new or proprietary file types by writing filters to extract the content, and property handlers to extract the properties of files.
references:
    - https://persistence-info.github.io/Data/ifilters.html
    - https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1468548924600459267
    - https://github.com/gtworek/PSBits/tree/master/IFilter
    - https://github.com/gtworek/PSBits/blob/8d767892f3b17eefa4d0668f5d2df78e844f01d8/IFilter/Dll.cpp#L281-L308
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-07-21
modified: 2024-03-26
tags:
    - attack.persistence
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_ext:
        TargetObject|contains|all:
            - '\SOFTWARE\Classes\.'
            - '\PersistentHandler'
    selection_clsid:
        TargetObject|contains|all:
            - '\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID'
            - '\PersistentAddinsRegistered\{89BCB740-6119-101A-BCB7-00DD010655AF}'
    filter_default_targets:
        TargetObject|contains:
            # TODO: Add the default extension PersistentHandler.
            # Note this could also offer blindspot as the attacker could use on of these and hijack them
            - '\CLSID\{4F46F75F-199F-4C63-8B7D-86D48FE7970C}\' # Office Open XML Format PowerPoint Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{4887767F-7ADC-4983-B576-88FB643D6F79}\' # Office Open XML Format Excel Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{D3B41FA1-01E3-49AF-AA25-1D0D824275AE}\' # Office Open XML Format Word Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{72773E1A-B711-4d8d-81FA-B9A43B0650DD}\' # Microsoft OneNote Windows Desktop Search IFilter Persistent handler
            - '\CLSID\{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}\' # Null persistent handler
            - '\CLSID\{1AA9BF05-9A97-48c1-BA28-D9DCE795E93C}\' # PDF Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{2e2294a9-50d7-4fe7-a09f-e6492e185884}\' # rtf persistent handler
            - '\CLSID\{34CEAC8D-CBC0-4f77-B7B1-8A60CB6DA0F7}\' # Open Document Format ODT Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{3B224B11-9363-407e-850F-C9E1FFACD8FB}\' # Zip Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{3DDEB7A4-8ABF-4D82-B9EE-E1F4552E95BE}\' # Open Document Format ODS Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{5645C8C1-E277-11CF-8FDA-00AA00A14F93}\' # Related to MIME Filter
            - '\CLSID\{5645C8C4-E277-11CF-8FDA-00AA00A14F93}\' # Related to MIME Filter
            - '\CLSID\{58A9EBF6-5755-4554-A67E-A2467AD1447B}\' # Setting Content File Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}\' # Plain Text persistent handler
            - '\CLSID\{698A4FFC-63A3-4E70-8F00-376AD29363FB}\' # Wordpad OOXML Document Filter
            - '\CLSID\{7E9D8D44-6926-426F-AA2B-217A819A5CCE}\' # XML File Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{8CD34779-9F10-4f9b-ADFB-B3FAEABDAB5A}\' # .url File Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{9694E38A-E081-46ac-99A0-8743C909ACB6}\' # html persistent handler for mapi email
            - '\CLSID\{98de59a0-d175-11cd-a7bd-00006b827d94}\' # Microsoft Office Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{AA10385A-F5AA-4EFF-B3DF-71B701E25E18}\' # Wordpad ODT Document Filter
            - '\CLSID\{B4132098-7A03-423D-9463-163CB07C151F}\' # Office Open XML Format Excel Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{d044309b-5da6-4633-b085-4ed02522e5a5}\' # App Content File Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{D169C14A-5148-4322-92C8-754FC9D018D8}\' # rtf persistent handler for mapi email
            - '\CLSID\{DD75716E-B42E-4978-BB60-1497B92E30C4}\' # text persistent handler for mapi email
            - '\CLSID\{E2F83EED-62DE-4A9F-9CD0-A1D40DCD13B6}\' # Open Document Format ODP Persistent Handler
            - '\CLSID\{E772CEB3-E203-4828-ADF1-765713D981B8}\' # Microsoft OneNote Section persistent handler
            - '\CLSID\{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}' # HTML File persistent handler
            # - '\CLSID\{F6F00E65-9CAF-43BB-809A-38AA4621BCF2}' # XMind Persistent Handler (not present by default)
            - '\CLSID\{FB10BD80-A331-4e9e-9EB7-00279903AD99}\' # Office Outlook MSG Persistent Handler
    filter_generic_paths:
        Image|startswith:
            # Note: We assume if an attacker has access to one of these directories. Then he already has admin.
            - 'C:\Windows\System32\'
            - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\'
            - 'C:\Program Files\'
    condition: 1 of selection_* and not 1 of filter_*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate registration of IFilters by the OS or software
level: medium