T1547.010 - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors

Description from ATT&CK

Adversaries may use port monitors to run an adversary supplied DLL during system boot for persistence or privilege escalation. A port monitor can be set through the AddMonitor API call to set a DLL to be loaded at startup.(Citation: AddMonitor) This DLL can be located in C:\Windows\System32 and will be loaded and run by the print spooler service, `spoolsv.exe`, under SYSTEM level permissions on boot.(Citation: Bloxham) Alternatively, an arbitrary DLL can be loaded if permissions allow writing a fully-qualified pathname for that DLL to the `Driver` value of an existing or new arbitrarily named subkey of HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors. The Registry key contains entries for the following: * Local Port * Standard TCP/IP Port * USB Monitor * WSD Port

Atomic Tests


Atomic Test #1 - Add Port Monitor persistence in Registry

Add key-value pair to a Windows Port Monitor registry. On the subsequent reboot DLL will be execute under spoolsv with NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM privilege.

Supported Platforms: Windows

auto_generated_guid: d34ef297-f178-4462-871e-9ce618d44e50

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | monitor_dll | Addition to port monitor registry key. Normally refers to a DLL name in C:\Windows\System32 but an arbitrary DLL can be specified with the absolute path. | path | $PathToAtomicsFolder\T1547.010\bin\PortMonitor.dll|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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command_prompt
! Elevation Required (e.g. root or admin)

reg add "hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\print\monitors\AtomicRedTeam" /v "Driver" /d "#{monitor_dll}" /t REG_SZ /f

Cleanup Commands:

reg delete "hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\print\monitors\AtomicRedTeam" /f >nul 2>&1