Sigma rule: Potential Persistence Via Shim Database In Uncommon Location
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-a697d9827382, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Potential Persistence Via Shim Database In Uncommon Location
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
- Date
- 2023-08-01
- Modified
- 2023-08-17
- File
- rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_persistence_shim_database_uncommon_location.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects the installation of a new shim database where the file is located in a non-default location
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- registry_set
Detection
selection:
TargetObject|contains|all:
- '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\InstalledSDB\'
- '\DatabasePath'
filter_main_known_locations:
Details|contains: ':\Windows\AppPatch\Custom'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.persistence
- attack.t1546.011
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/05/fin7-shim-databases-persistence.html
- https://andreafortuna.org/2018/11/12/process-injection-and-persistence-using-application-shimming/
- https://www.blackhat.com/docs/asia-14/materials/Erickson/Asia-14-Erickson-Persist-It-Using-And-Abusing-Microsofts-Fix-It-Patches.pdf
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/registry/registry_set/registry_set_persistence_shim_database_uncommon_location.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Potential Persistence Via Shim Database In Uncommon Location" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_persistence_shim_database_uncommon_location.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential Persistence Via Shim Database In Uncommon Location",
entity page, dataset version ref-a697d9827382, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/6b6976a3-b0e6-4723-ac24-ae38a737af41 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 6b6976a3-b0e6-4723-ac24-ae38a737af41, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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