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LSA PPL Protection Setting Modification via CommandLine
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
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LSA PPL Protection Setting Modification via CommandLine
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 3.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion3.0.2
title: LSA PPL Protection Setting Modification via CommandLine
id: 8c0eca51-0f88-4db2-9183-fdfb10c703f9
status: test
description: |
Detects modification of LSA PPL protection settings via CommandLine.
It may indicate an attempt to disable protection and enable credential dumping tools to access LSASS process memory.
references:
- https://thedfirreport.com/2022/03/21/apt35-automates-initial-access-using-proxyshell/
- https://github.com/shoober420/windows11-scripts/blob/38d83331738cd713ccb42f2c4557d17a27aefd98/Windows11Tweaks.bat#L1825
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-03-22
modified: 2026-03-13
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.t1562.010
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith:
- '\reg.exe'
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
- OriginalFileName:
- 'reg.exe'
- 'powershell.exe'
- 'pwsh.dll'
selection_cli_action:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'ControlSet'
- '\Control\Lsa'
CommandLine|contains:
- 'Set-ItemProperty'
- 'New-ItemProperty'
- ' add '
selection_key:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'IsPplAutoEnabled'
- 'RunAsPPL'
- 'RunAsPPLBoot'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: medium
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lsa_ppl_protection_setting_modification_via_cli.yml