Windows Network Access Suspicious desktop.ini Action

Detects unusual processes accessing desktop.ini remotely over network share, which can be leveraged to alter how Explorer displays a folder's content (i.e. renaming files) without changing them on disk.

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Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source service: security

Known benign triggers

Read only access list authority

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Desktopini+as+a+postexploitation+tool/25912/	Unclassified	2

Detection rules

Windows Network Access Suspicious desktop.ini Action

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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