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Potential Application Shimming via Sdbinst
editPotential Application Shimming via Sdbinst
editThe Application Shim was created to allow for backward compatibility of software as the operating system codebase changes over time. This Windows functionality has been abused by attackers to stealthily gain persistence and arbitrary code execution in legitimate Windows processes.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Windows
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Rule query
editevent.code:1 and process.name:sdbinst.exe
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Application Shimming
- ID: T1138
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1138/
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Tactic:
- Name: Privilege Escalation
- ID: TA0004
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/
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Technique:
- Name: Application Shimming
- ID: T1138
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1138/
Rule version history
edit- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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- Formatting only.