Component Object Model Hijacking - Vault7 trick
This detection looks for the very specific value of "Attribute" in the "ShellFolder" CLSID of a COM object. This value (0xf090013d) seems to only link back to this specific persistence method. The blog post linked…
Description
This detection looks for the very specific value of "Attribute" in the "ShellFolder" CLSID of a COM object. This value (0xf090013d) seems to only link back to this specific persistence method. The blog post linked here (https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/code-execution/forcing-iexplore.exe-to-load-a-malicious-dll-via-com-abuse) provides more background on the meaning of this value.
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
- microsoftthreatprotection
- Log source service
- deviceregistryevents
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 1aaff41f-4e18-45b1-bb34-de6eb4943cf2
- Tagged by the source as
- PersistencePrivilegeEscalation
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1