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OperatingSystem: Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
Tags:
- Execute: EXE
- Command: REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\control.exe" /ve /d "{PATH_ABSOLUTE:.exe}" /f & WorkFolders.exe
Description: WorkFolders.exe attempts to execute control.exe. By modifying the default value of the App Paths registry key for control.exe in HKCU, an attacker can achieve proxy execution.
Usecase: Proxy execution of a malicious payload via App Paths registry hijacking.
Category: Execute
Privileges: User
MitreID: T1218
OperatingSystem: Windows 10, Windows 11
Tags:
- Execute: EXE
Full_Path:
- Path: C:\Windows\System32\WorkFolders.exe
Detection:
- Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/683b63f8184b93c9564c4310d10c571cbe367e1e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_workfolders.yml
- IOC: WorkFolders.exe should not be run on a normal workstation
- IOC: Registry modification to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\control.exe
Resources:
- Link: https://www.ctus.io/2021/04/12/exploading/
- Link: https://twitter.com/ElliotKillick/status/1449812843772227588
- Link: https://gist.github.com/ghosts621/YOUR_NEW_GIST_LINK_HERE
Acknowledgement:
- Person: John Carroll
Handle: '@YoSignals'
- Person: Elliot Killick
Handle: '@elliotkillick'
- Person: Naor Evgi
Handle: '@ghosts621'