Sticky Key Like Backdoor Execution
Detects the usage and installation of a backdoor that uses an option to register a malicious debugger for built-in tools that are accessible in the login screen
Detection logic
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
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/jonathantrull/detecting-sticky-key-backdoors | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 2fdefcb3-dbda-401e-ae23-f0db027628bc
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationcar.2014-11-003car.2014-11-008
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1