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Potential Persistence Via AutodialDLL

Status
test
Severity
high
Log source
category registry_set, product windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects change the the "AutodialDLL" key which could be used as a persistence method to load custom DLL via the "ws2_32" library

Known false positives

  • Unlikely

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceNo specific technique

Telemetry coverage

ProviderRecord / event type
SysmonEvent ID 13: RegistryEvent (Value Set)

Rule body

title: Potential Persistence Via AutodialDLL
id: e6fe26ee-d063-4f5b-b007-39e90aaf50e3
status: test
description: Detects change the the "AutodialDLL" key which could be used as a persistence method to load custom DLL via the "ws2_32" library
references:
    - https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2015/01/13/beyond-good-ol-run-key-part-24/
    - https://persistence-info.github.io/Data/autodialdll.html
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-10
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.persistence
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains: '\Services\WinSock2\Parameters\AutodialDLL'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    TargetObject|contains: '\Services\WinSock2\Parameters\AutodialDLL'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
TargetObjectmatch
  • \Services\WinSock2\Parameters\AutodialDLL
field:"TargetObject" kind:match value:"\Services\WinSock2\Parameters\AutodialDLL"