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Registry Persistence via Microsoft Office Descendant Process

Identifies the modification of common AutoStart related registry keys descending from a Microsoft Office process. Adversaries may use this technique to maintain persistence.

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Detection Logic

sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=5m
  [process where event.action == "start" and
    (process.parent.name : ("EQNEDT32.EXE", "WINWORD.EXE", "EXCEL.EXE", "POWERPNT.EXE", "MSPUB.EXE", "MSACCESS.EXE") or
      descendant of [process where event.action == "start" and
                    process.name :
                          ("EQNEDT32.EXE",
                          "WINWORD.EXE",
                          "EXCEL.EXE",
                          "POWERPNT.EXE",
                          "MSPUB.EXE",
                          "MSACCESS.EXE")]) and
    /* Issue #303 */
    not process.Ext.token.integrity_level_name == "system" and
    not (process.code_signature.trusted == true)
  ]
  [registry where registry.data.strings != null and
    registry.path : (
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\*",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\User Shell Folders\\*",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders\\*",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\Run\\*",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\Shell\\*",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\Environment\\UserInitMprLogonScript",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\Load",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\Shell",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System\\Shell",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System\\Scripts\\Logoff\\Script",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System\\Scripts\\Logon\\Script",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System\\Scripts\\Shutdown\\Script",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System\\Scripts\\Startup\\Script",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Ctf\\LangBarAddin\\*\\FilePath",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Extensions\\*\\Exec",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Extensions\\*\\Script",
      "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Command Processor\\Autorun"
      )
  ]

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