Sigma rule: Enable Local Manifest Installation With Winget

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-544fc9d4f13f, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Enable Local Manifest Installation With Winget
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2023-04-17
Modified
2023-08-17
File
rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_winget_enable_local_manifest.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects changes to the AppInstaller (winget) policy. Specifically the activation of the local manifest installation, which allows a user to install new packages via custom manifests.

Log source

product
windows
category
registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|endswith: '\AppInstaller\EnableLocalManifestFiles'
    Details: 'DWORD (0x00000001)'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Administrators or developers might enable this for testing purposes or to install custom private packages

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.stealth

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_winget_enable_local_manifest.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Enable Local Manifest Installation With Winget" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_winget_enable_local_manifest.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: Enable Local Manifest Installation With Winget",
entity page, dataset version ref-544fc9d4f13f, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/fa277e82-9b78-42dd-b05c-05555c7b6015 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule fa277e82-9b78-42dd-b05c-05555c7b6015, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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