MediumSigmaHQ Maxime Thiebaut (@0xThiebaut) +1

Desktop.INI Created by Uncommon Process

Detects unusual processes accessing desktop.ini, 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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Detection requirements

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

Known benign triggers

Operations performed through Windows SCCM or equivalent
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

Desktop.INI Created by Uncommon Process

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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