Execution of COM object via Xwizard
editExecution of COM object via Xwizard
editWindows 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.*
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
Version: 101 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editprocess 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
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Inter-Process Communication
- ID: T1559
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/
Rule version history
edit- Version 101 (8.5.0 release)
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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") ) )
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- Version 4 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only