title: Wow6432Node Classes Autorun Keys Modification
id: 18f2065c-d36c-464a-a748-bcf909acb2e3
related:
    - id: 17f878b8-9968-4578-b814-c4217fc5768c
      type: derived
status: experimental
description: Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.
author: Victor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split)
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1547.001/T1547.001.md
    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
    - https://gist.github.com/GlebSukhodolskiy/0fc5fa5f482903064b448890db1eaf9d # a list with registry keys
date: 2019/10/25
modified: 2022/01/13
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    wow_classes_base:
        EventType: SetValue
        TargetObject|contains: '\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes'
    wow_classes:
        TargetObject|contains:
            - '\Folder\ShellEx\ExtShellFolderViews'
            - '\Folder\ShellEx\DragDropHandlers'
            - '\Folder\ShellEx\ColumnHandlers'
            - '\Directory\Shellex\DragDropHandlers'
            - '\Directory\Shellex\CopyHookHandlers'
            - '\CLSID\{AC757296-3522-4E11-9862-C17BE5A1767E}\Instance'
            - '\CLSID\{ABE3B9A4-257D-4B97-BD1A-294AF496222E}\Instance'
            - '\CLSID\{7ED96837-96F0-4812-B211-F13C24117ED3}\Instance'
            - '\CLSID\{083863F1-70DE-11d0-BD40-00A0C911CE86}\Instance'
            - '\AllFileSystemObjects\ShellEx\DragDropHandlers'
            - '\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers'
            - '\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers'
    filter:
        Details: '(Empty)'
    condition: wow_classes_base and wow_classes and not filter
fields:
    - SecurityID
    - ObjectName
    - OldValueType
    - NewValueType
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate software automatically (mostly, during installation) sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason
    - Legitimate administrator sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason
level: medium
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1547.001
