Detection rules › Sigma

Potential Persistence Via Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser

Severity
medium
Author
Sreeman
Source
upstream

Detects manual execution of the "Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser" task via schtasks. In order to trigger persistence stored in the "\AppCompatFlags\TelemetryController" registry key.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PersistenceT1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Privilege EscalationT1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: all of selection_img

or:
Image|endswith: '\schtasks.exe'
OriginalFileName: schtasks.exe

Stage 2: all of selection_cli

CommandLine|contains: '\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser'
CommandLine|contains: 'run '

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
CommandLinematch
  • \Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser
  • run
Imageends_with
  • \schtasks.exe corpus 45 (sigma 45)
OriginalFileNameeq
  • schtasks.exe corpus 14 (sigma 14)