ClickOnce Trust Prompt Tampering
Detects changes to the ClickOnce trust prompt registry key in order to enable an installation from different locations such as the Internet.
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
- registry_set
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate internal requirements.
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/visualstudio/deployment/how-to-configure-the-clickonce-trust-prompt-behavior | Only this detection cites it |
| posts.specterops.io/less-smartscreen-more-caffeine-ab-using-clickonce-for-trusted-code-execution-1446ea8051c5 | 3 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- ac9159cc-c364-4304-8f0a-d63fc1a0aabb
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.defense-impairmentattack.persistence
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1