Sigma rule: Potential SentinelOne Shell Context Menu Scan Command Tampering

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-eb924ad9e628, updated 2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Potential SentinelOne Shell Context Menu Scan Command Tampering
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2024-03-06
File
rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_sentinelone_shell_context_tampering.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects potentially suspicious changes to the SentinelOne context menu scan command by a process other than SentinelOne.

Log source

product
windows
category
registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|contains: '\shell\SentinelOneScan\command\'
filter_main_sentinelone_default_scan_binary:
    Details|startswith:
        - 'C:\Program Files\SentinelOne\Sentinel Agent'
        - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\SentinelOne\Sentinel Agent'
    Details|contains: '\SentinelScanFromContextMenu.exe'
filter_main_sentinelone_binary:
    Image|endswith:
        - 'C:\Program Files\SentinelOne\'
        - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\SentinelOne\'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.persistence

References

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_sentinelone_shell_context_tampering.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Potential SentinelOne Shell Context Menu Scan Command Tampering" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_sentinelone_shell_context_tampering.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential SentinelOne Shell Context Menu Scan Command Tampering",
entity page, dataset version ref-eb924ad9e628, updated 2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/6c304b02-06e6-402d-8be4-d5833cdf8198 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 6c304b02-06e6-402d-8be4-d5833cdf8198, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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