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Execution of COM object via Xwizard

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Execution of COM object via Xwizard

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Windows Component Object Model (COM) is an inter-process communication (IPC) component of the native Windows application programming interface (API) that enables interaction between software objects or executable code. Xwizard can be used to run a COM object created in registry to evade defensive counter measures.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*
logs-endpoint.events.*
logs-windows.*
endgame-*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

Elastic
Host
Windows
Threat Detection
Execution
Elastic Endgame

Version: 102 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query

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process where event.type == "start" and process.pe.original_file_name
: "xwizard.exe" and ( (process.args : "RunWizard" and process.args
: "{*}") or (process.executable != null and not
process.executable : ("C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\xwizard.exe",
"C:\\Windows\\System32\\xwizard.exe") ) )

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
Technique:
- Name: Inter-Process Communication
- ID: T1559
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/

Rule version history

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Version 102 (8.6.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 101 (8.5.0 release)

Updated query, changed from:

process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.pe.original_file_name : "xwizard.exe" and ( (process.args
: "RunWizard" and process.args : "{*}") or (process.executable !=
null and not process.executable :
("C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\xwizard.exe",
"C:\\Windows\\System32\\xwizard.exe") ) )

Version 4 (8.4.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 2 (8.2.0 release)

Formatting only

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