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Microsoft Defender threat exclusion added (native)

Status
experimental
Severity
high
Log source
product windows, service windefend
Author
mdecrevoisier
Source
github.com/mdecrevoisier/SIGMA-detection-rules

Detects scenarios where a threat exclusion is added to the antivirus in order to bypass its detection capacities

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

title: Microsoft Defender threat exclusion added (native)
description: Detects scenarios where a threat exclusion is added to the antivirus in order to bypass its detection capacities
references:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-antivirus/troubleshoot-microsoft-defender-antivirus
- https://github.com/mdecrevoisier/EVTX-to-MITRE-Attack/tree/master/TA0005-Defense%20Evasion/T1562.001-Impair%20Defenses-Disable%20or%20Modify%20tool
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1562.001
author: mdecrevoisier
status: experimental
logsource:
  product: windows
  service: windefend
detection:
  selection:
    EventID: 5007
    New Value|startswith: 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
  EventID: 5007
  New Value|startswith: 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\'

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
New Valuestarts_with
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\