COM Hijacking via TreatAs
Detect modification of TreatAs key to enable "rundll32.exe -sta" command
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 use
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 |
|---|---|
| github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1546.015/T1546.015.md | 2 |
| www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gz1QmiMhss&t=1251s | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- dc5c24af-6995-49b2-86eb-a9ff62199e82
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Version
- 2