Sigma rule: Disable Administrative Share Creation at Startup

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-9e4086dff135, updated 2024-03-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Disable Administrative Share Creation at Startup
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
frack113
Date
2022-01-16
Modified
2024-03-25
File
rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_administrative_share.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Administrative shares are hidden network shares created by Microsoft Windows NT operating systems that grant system administrators remote access to every disk volume on a network-connected system

Log source

product
windows
category
registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|contains: '\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\'
    TargetObject|endswith:
        - '\AutoShareWks'
        - '\AutoShareServer'
    Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1070.005

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

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_disable_administrative_share.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Disable Administrative Share Creation at Startup" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_administrative_share.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: Disable Administrative Share Creation at Startup",
entity page, dataset version ref-9e4086dff135, updated 2024-03-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/c7dcacd0-cc59-4004-b0a4-1d6cdebe6f3e (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule c7dcacd0-cc59-4004-b0a4-1d6cdebe6f3e, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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