COM Hijack via Sdclt — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Omkar Gudhate. Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2020-09-27 / 2023-09-28.

{
  "category": "registry_set",
  "product": "windows"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 55dcbb6352c96ba3767e905d75c63126ce1624370ac55d46f5fd314398dfbf33

Detection logic

Original source YAML. Source-tag agreement is not proof of complete semantic coverage. This rule has not been compiled for a SIEM backend or validated against live telemetry here.

title: COM Hijack via Sdclt
id: 07743f65-7ec9-404a-a519-913db7118a8d
status: test
description: Detects changes to 'HKCU\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\open\command\DelegateExecute'
references:
    - http://blog.sevagas.com/?Yet-another-sdclt-UAC-bypass
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47696
author: Omkar Gudhate
date: 2020-09-27
modified: 2023-09-28
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1546
    - attack.t1548
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains: '\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\open\command\DelegateExecute'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• http://blog.sevagas.com/?Yet-another-sdclt-UAC-bypass
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47696