Suspicious Debugger Registration Cmdline
Detects the registration of a debugger for a program that is available in the logon screen (sticky key backdoor).
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
- Unknown
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 |
|---|---|
| bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/6f3aa9362d72e806490a8abce245331030d1ab5ac77e400dd475748236a6cc81/ | 5 |
| blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jonathantrull/2016/10/03/detecting-sticky-key-backdoors/ | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- ae215552-081e-44c7-805f-be16f975c8a2
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1