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Unusual Registry Modification via WMI

Identifies registry modification via Windows Management Instrumentation to point to an executable or script file.

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Detection Logic

registry where process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\sys*\\wbem\\wmiprvse.exe" and
 process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft *" and
 user.id : ("S-1-5-21*", "S-1-12-*") and
 registry.data.strings : ("*.dll*", "*.exe*", "*.sys", "*rundll32.exe*", "*cscript.exe*", "*wscript.exe", "*powershell.exe*", "*regsvr*", "*Users\\Public\\*", "*mshta*") and
 not registry.path :
             ("HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\lansweeper\\Remote Deployment\\*",
              "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Black Ice Software LLC\\*",
              "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Legato\\NetWorker\\QuietUninstallString",
              "HKEY_USERS\\*\\Software\\SSPrint\\ssn3m\\AutoConfig_DeviceID",
              "HKEY_USERS\\*\\Software\\ODBC\\ODBC.INI\\DMG\\Driver",
              "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\*\\Control\\Session Manager\\PendingFileRenameOperations",
              "HKEY_USERS\\*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\MDM\\JobDB\\*\\UrlList",
              "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet*\\Services\\EventLog\\*", 
              "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\MySoftware\\Capture Printer\\PrintingModule",
              "HKEY_USERS\\S-1-5-21-*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\*\\UninstallString",
              "HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Group Policy Objects\\{*}Machine\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\SrpV2\\Exe\\*\\Value") and
 not registry.key : ("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Terminal Server\\TSAppAllowList\\Applications\\*",
                     "*Classes\\Local Settings\\MuiCache\\*",
                     "*Classes\\SystemFileAssociations\\*",
                     "*\\Software\\AppDataLow\\Software*",
                     "SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Google\\Update\\*",
                     "*_Classes\\webcatalog-aventri\\*",
                     "*\\SOFTWARE\\Clients\\StartMenuInternet\\webcatalog-aventri\\*",
                     "SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\ODBC\\ODBCINST.INI\\Teradata Database ODBC Driver*",
                     "S-1-5-21-*_Classes\\TypeLib\\{C0529B10-073A-4754-9BB0-72325D80D122}\\1.0\\0\\win32",
                     "S-1-5-21-*_Classes\\WOW6432Node\\CLSID\\{19A6E644-14E6-4A60-B8D7-DD20610A871D}\\InprocServer32", 
                     "SYSTEM\\ControlSet*\\Control\\Terminal Server\\WinStations\\RDP-Tcp", 
                     "*\\DefaulIcon", 
                     "*Classes\\webcatalog-excalidraw-plus\\shell\\open\\command", 
                     "S-*\\Software\\Clients\\StartMenuInternet\\webcatalog-excalidraw-plus\\shell\\open\\command", 
                     "*\\Services\\EventLog\\Application\\Business World*", 
                     "*\\Services\\EventLog\\Business World*", 
                     "SYSTEM\\ControlSet*\\Control\\Class\\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\\*", 
                     "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Low Rights\\ElevationPolicy\\{8096ABF6-3761-4B76-B8E7-6B596AFE07EF}", 
                     "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Low Rights\\ElevationPolicy\\{791C3483-6F9D-43C8-93CB-F469D9BF1658}") and
 not (registry.data.strings : "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\SQLSRV32.dll" and registry.path : ("HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\ODBC\\*", "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\ODBC\\*")) and
 not registry.data.strings : ("@Winlangdb.dll,-*", "?:\\pagefile.sys", "C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe")

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