Sigma rule: Windows Terminal Profile Settings Modification By Uncommon Process

Rule

Title

Windows Terminal Profile Settings Modification By Uncommon Process

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Date

2023-07-22

File

rules/windows/file/file_event/file_event_win_susp_windows_terminal_profile.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the creation or modification of the Windows Terminal Profile settings file "settings.json" by an uncommon process.

Log source

product

windows

category

file_event

Detection

selection:
    Image|endswith:
        # Note: Add other potential common applications
        - '\cmd.exe'
        - '\cscript.exe'
        - '\mshta.exe'
        - '\powershell.exe'
        - '\pwsh.exe'
        - '\wscript.exe'
    TargetFilename|endswith: '\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Some false positives may occur with admin scripts that set WT settings.

Tags

• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.persistence
• attack.t1547.015

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1547.015

References

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/74438b0237d141ee9c99747976447dc884cb1a39/atomics/T1547.015/T1547.015.md#atomic-test-1---persistence-by-modifying-windows-terminal-profile
• https://twitter.com/nas_bench/status/1550836225652686848

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/file/file_event/file_event_win_susp_windows_terminal_profile.yml