LoFP LoFP / false positives should be limited, filter as needed. in our test case, remcos used regsvr32.exe to modify the registry. it may be required, dependent upon the edr tool producing registry events, to remove (default) from the command-line.

Techniques

Sample rules

Malicious InProcServer32 Modification

Description

The following analytic detects a process modifying the registry with a known malicious CLSID under InProcServer32. It leverages data from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents, focusing on registry modifications within the HKLM or HKCU Software Classes CLSID paths. This activity is significant as it may indicate an attempt to load a malicious DLL, potentially leading to code execution. If confirmed malicious, this could allow an attacker to persist in the environment, execute arbitrary code, or escalate privileges, posing a severe threat to system integrity and security.

Detection logic


| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Processes by _time Processes.process_id Processes.process_name Processes.dest Processes.process_guid Processes.user 
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` 
| join process_guid [
| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Registry where Registry.registry_path= "*\\CLSID\\{89565275-A714-4a43-912E-978B935EDCCC}\\InProcServer32\\(Default)" by Registry.registry_path Registry.registry_key_name Registry.registry_value_name Registry.dest Registry.process_guid Registry.user 
| `drop_dm_object_name(Registry)` 
| fields _time dest registry_path registry_key_name registry_value_name process_name process_path process process_guid user] 
| stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime by dest, process_name registry_path registry_key_name registry_value_name user 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
| `malicious_inprocserver32_modification_filter`