{"id":"1070db9a-3e5d-412e-8e7b-7183b616e1b3","title":"Persistence Via Sticky Key Backdoor","description":"By replacing the sticky keys executable with the local admins CMD executable, an attacker is able to access a privileged windows console session without authenticating to the system.\nWhen the sticky keys are \"activated\" the privilleged shell is launched.\n","author":"Sreeman","status":"test","level":"critical","date":"2020-02-18","modified":"2023-03-07","tags":["attack.persistence","attack.t1546.008","attack.privilege-escalation"],"technique_ids":["T1546.008"],"logsource":{"product":"windows","category":"process_creation"},"falsepositives":["Unlikely"],"references":["https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/03/apt29_domain_frontin.html","https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ClearSky-Fox-Kitten-Campaign-v1.pdf","https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/jonathantrull/detecting-sticky-key-backdoors"],"source_path":"rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_cmd_sticky_keys_replace.yml","source_sha256":"1206d0a273a0e88a1f468d1096d09e94b4e297e79defa35ba8dbd993de0d3e79","source_url":"https://github.com/anpa1200/sigma/blob/b249e9683190cffdcaf188ccbfb90bf4759844e1/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_cmd_sticky_keys_replace.yml","license":"Detection Rule License 1.1","license_url":"https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License/blob/main/LICENSE.Detection.Rules.md","yaml":"title: Persistence Via Sticky Key Backdoor\nid: 1070db9a-3e5d-412e-8e7b-7183b616e1b3\nstatus: test\ndescription: |\n    By replacing the sticky keys executable with the local admins CMD executable, an attacker is able to access a privileged windows console session without authenticating to the system.\n    When the sticky keys are \"activated\" the privilleged shell is launched.\nreferences:\n    - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/03/apt29_domain_frontin.html\n    - https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ClearSky-Fox-Kitten-Campaign-v1.pdf\n    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/jonathantrull/detecting-sticky-key-backdoors\nauthor: Sreeman\ndate: 2020-02-18\nmodified: 2023-03-07\ntags:\n    - attack.persistence\n    - attack.t1546.008\n    - attack.privilege-escalation\nlogsource:\n    product: windows\n    category: process_creation\ndetection:\n    selection:\n        CommandLine|contains|all:\n            - 'copy '\n            - '/y '\n            - 'C:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe C:\\windows\\system32\\sethc.exe'\n    condition: selection\nfalsepositives:\n    - Unlikely\nlevel: critical\n","validation":"yaml_parsed_not_backend_compiled_or_live_validated","techniques":[{"key":"enterprise/T1546.008","id":"T1546.008","name":"Accessibility Features","page":"techniques/enterprise/T1546.008/"}],"data_path":"data/detection-rules/1070db9a-3e5d-412e-8e7b-7183b616e1b3.json","kind":"sigma"}