Detection rules › Sigma

New Custom Shim Database Created

Severity
medium
Author
frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by application shims. The Microsoft Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure/Framework (Application Shim) was created to allow for backward compatibility of software as the operating system codebase changes over time.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1547.009 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Shortcut Modification
Privilege EscalationT1547.009 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Shortcut Modification

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon11FileCreate

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
TargetFilename|contains: ':\Windows\apppatch\CustomSDB\'
TargetFilename|contains: ':\Windows\apppatch\Custom\'

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
TargetFilenamematch
  • :\Windows\apppatch\CustomSDB\
  • :\Windows\apppatch\Custom\