SIP Provider Modification

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Identifies modifications to the registered Subject Interface Package (SIP) providers. SIP providers are used by the Windows cryptographic system to validate file signatures on the system. This may be an attempt to bypass signature validation checks or inject code into critical processes.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • 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
  • Defense Evasion
  • Elastic Endgame

Version: 101 (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

Rule query

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registry where event.type:"change" and registry.path: (
"*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\OID\\EncodingType
0\\CryptSIPDllPutSignedDataMsg\\{*}\\Dll",
"*\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\OID\\EncodingType
0\\CryptSIPDllPutSignedDataMsg\\{*}\\Dll", "*\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft
\\Cryptography\\Providers\\Trust\\FinalPolicy\\{*}\\$Dll", "*\\SOF
TWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\Providers\\Trust\\FinalPo
licy\\{*}\\$Dll" ) and registry.data.strings:"*.dll"

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

Rule version history

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Version 101 (8.6.0 release)
  • Updated query, changed from:

    registry where event.type:"change" and registry.path: (
    "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\OID\\EncodingType
    0\\CryptSIPDllPutSignedDataMsg\\{*}\\Dll", "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\WOW643
    2Node\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\OID\\EncodingType
    0\\CryptSIPDllPutSignedDataMsg\\{*}\\Dll", "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Micros
    oft\\Cryptography\\Providers\\Trust\\FinalPolicy\\{*}\\$Dll", "HKL
    M\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\Providers\\Trust\\F
    inalPolicy\\{*}\\$Dll" ) and registry.data.strings:"*.dll"
Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
  • Formatting only
Version 3 (8.4.0 release)
  • Formatting only
Version 2 (8.1.0 release)
  • Formatting only