Detection rules › Sigma

New File Association Using Exefile

Severity
high
Author
Andreas Hunkeler (@Karneades)
Source
upstream

Detects the abuse of the exefile handler in new file association. Used for bypass of security products.

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon13RegistryEvent (Value Set)

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

Details: exefile
TargetObject|contains: 'Classes\.'

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
Detailseq
  • exefile
TargetObjectmatch
  • Classes\.