
title: CMSTP Execution Registry Event
author: Nik Seetharaman
date: 2018/07/16
description: Detects various indicators of Microsoft Connection Manager Profile Installer
  execution
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 12
  SELECTION_2:
    EventID: 13
  SELECTION_3:
    EventID: 14
  SELECTION_4:
    TargetObject: '*\cmmgr32.exe*'
  condition: ((SELECTION_1 or SELECTION_2 or SELECTION_3) and SELECTION_4)
falsepositives:
- Legitimate CMSTP use (unlikely in modern enterprise environments)
fields:
- CommandLine
- ParentCommandLine
- Details
id: b6d235fc-1d38-4b12-adbe-325f06728f37
level: high
logsource:
  category: registry_event
  product: windows
modified: 2020/12/23
references:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190720093911/http://www.endurant.io/cmstp/detecting-cmstp-enabled-code-execution-and-uac-bypass-with-sysmon/
status: stable
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.execution
- attack.t1191
- attack.t1218.003
- attack.g0069
- car.2019-04-001
ruletype: SIGMA
