Add App Paths Hijacking (Proxy Execution) to WorkFolders.exe (#490)

Co-authored-by: Wietze <wietze@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Author: Elliot Killick
Created: 2021-08-16
Commands:
- Command: WorkFolders
Description: Execute control.exe in the current working directory
Description: Execute `control.exe` in the current working directory
Usecase: Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism
Category: Execute
Privileges: User
@@ -13,11 +13,23 @@ Commands:
OperatingSystem: Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
Tags:
- Execute: EXE
- Requires: Rename
- Command: WorkFolders
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.'
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
- Requires: Registry change
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
@@ -26,3 +38,5 @@ Acknowledgement:
Handle: '@YoSignals'
- Person: Elliot Killick
Handle: '@elliotkillick'
- Person: Naor Evgi
Handle: '@ghosts621'