Sigma rule: HackTool - SharPersist Execution

Rule

Title

HackTool - SharPersist Execution

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Date

2022-09-15

Modified

2023-02-04

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_sharpersist.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of the hacktool SharPersist - used to deploy various different kinds of persistence mechanisms

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\SharPersist.exe'
    - Product: 'SharPersist'
selection_cli_1:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - ' -t schtask -c '
        - ' -t startupfolder -c '
selection_cli_2:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - ' -t reg -c '
        - ' -m add'
selection_cli_3:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - ' -t service -c '
        - ' -m add'
selection_cli_4:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - ' -t schtask -c '
        - ' -m add'
condition: 1 of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.execution
• attack.persistence
• attack.t1053

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1053

References

• https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/sharpersist-windows-persistence-toolkit
• https://github.com/mandiant/SharPersist

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_sharpersist.yml