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Created: 2021-08-16
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Commands:
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- Command: WorkFolders
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Description: Execute control.exe in the current working directory
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Description: Execute `control.exe` in the current working directory
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Usecase: Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism
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Category: Execute
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Privileges: User
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MitreID: T1218
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OperatingSystem: Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
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Tags:
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- Execute: EXE
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- Requires: Rename
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- Command: WorkFolders
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Description: '`WorkFolders` attempts to execute `control.exe`. By modifying the default value of the App Paths registry key for `control.exe` in `HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\control.exe`, an attacker can achieve proxy execution.'
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Usecase: Proxy execution of a malicious payload via App Paths registry hijacking.
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Category: Execute
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Privileges: User
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MitreID: T1218
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OperatingSystem: Windows 10, Windows 11
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Tags:
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- Execute: EXE
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- Requires: Registry change
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Full_Path:
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- Path: C:\Windows\System32\WorkFolders.exe
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Detection:
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- Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/683b63f8184b93c9564c4310d10c571cbe367e1e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_workfolders.yml
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- IOC: WorkFolders.exe should not be run on a normal workstation
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- IOC: Registry modification to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\control.exe
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Resources:
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- Link: https://www.ctus.io/2021/04/12/exploading/
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- Link: https://twitter.com/ElliotKillick/status/1449812843772227588
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Handle: '@YoSignals'
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- Person: Elliot Killick
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Handle: '@elliotkillick'
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- Person: Naor Evgi
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Handle: '@ghosts621'
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