title: New RUN Key Pointing to Suspicious Folder
author: Florian Roth, Markus Neis, Sander Wiebing
date: 2018/08/25
description: Detects suspicious new RUN key element pointing to an executable in a
    suspicious folder
detection:
    SELECTION_1:
        EventID: 12
    SELECTION_10:
        Details: '*C:\Users\Default\\*'
    SELECTION_11:
        Details: '*C:\Users\Desktop\\*'
    SELECTION_12:
        Details: '*\AppData\Local\Temp\\*'
    SELECTION_13:
        Details: '%Public%\\*'
    SELECTION_14:
        Details: wscript*
    SELECTION_15:
        Details: cscript*
    SELECTION_2:
        EventID: 13
    SELECTION_3:
        EventID: 14
    SELECTION_4:
        TargetObject: '*\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\\*'
    SELECTION_5:
        TargetObject: '*\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\\*'
    SELECTION_6:
        Details: '*C:\Windows\Temp\\*'
    SELECTION_7:
        Details: '*C:\$Recycle.bin\\*'
    SELECTION_8:
        Details: '*C:\Temp\\*'
    SELECTION_9:
        Details: '*C:\Users\Public\\*'
    condition: ((SELECTION_1 or SELECTION_2 or SELECTION_3) and (SELECTION_4 or SELECTION_5)
        and ((SELECTION_6 or SELECTION_7 or SELECTION_8 or SELECTION_9 or SELECTION_10
        or SELECTION_11 or SELECTION_12) or (SELECTION_13 or SELECTION_14 or SELECTION_15)))
falsepositives:
- Software using weird folders for updates
fields:
- Image
id: 02ee49e2-e294-4d0f-9278-f5b3212fc588
level: high
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
modified: 2021/10/30
references:
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/08/fin7-pursuing-an-enigmatic-and-evasive-global-criminal-operation.html
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.t1060
- attack.t1547.001
yml_filename: sysmon_susp_run_key_img_folder.yml
yml_path: /Users/user/Documents/YamatoSecurity/sigma/rules/windows/registry_event