Detection rules › Sigma

Persistence Via Hhctrl.ocx

Severity
high
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects when an attacker modifies the registry value of the "hhctrl" to point to a custom binary

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon13RegistryEvent (Value Set)

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

TargetObject|contains: '\CLSID\{52A2AAAE-085D-4187-97EA-8C30DB990436}\InprocServer32\(Default)'

Stage 2: not filter

Details: 'C:\Windows\System32\hhctrl.ocx'

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
  • C:\Windows\System32\hhctrl.ocx
TargetObjectmatch
  • \CLSID\{52A2AAAE-085D-4187-97EA-8C30DB990436}\InprocServer32\(Default)