Detection rules › Sigma
Potential PSFactoryBuffer COM Hijacking
Detects changes to the PSFactory COM InProcServer32 registry. This technique was used by RomCom to create persistence storing a malicious DLL.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | T1546.015 Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking |
| Privilege Escalation | T1546.015 Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 13 | RegistryEvent (Value Set) |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
TargetObject|endswith: '\CLSID\{c90250f3-4d7d-4991-9b69-a5c5bc1c2ae6}\InProcServer32\(Default)'
Stage 2: not filter_main
Details: ['%windir%\System32\ActXPrxy.dll', 'C:\Windows\System32\ActXPrxy.dll']
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.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Details | eq |
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TargetObject | ends_with |
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