Detection rules › Sigma

IE ZoneMap Setting Downgraded To MyComputer Zone For HTTP Protocols

Severity
high
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Michael Haag (idea)
Source
upstream

Detects changes to Internet Explorer's (IE / Windows Internet properties) ZoneMap configuration of the "HTTP" and "HTTPS" protocols to point to the "My Computer" zone. This allows downloaded files from the Internet to be granted the same level of trust as files stored locally.

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon13RegistryEvent (Value Set)

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
TargetObject|endswith: '\http'
TargetObject|endswith: '\https'
Details|contains: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
TargetObject|contains: '\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProtocolDefaults'

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
Detailsmatch
  • DWORD (0x00000000)
TargetObjectends_with
  • \http
  • \https
TargetObjectmatch
  • \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProtocolDefaults