.. /Provlaunch.exe

Star

Paths:

• c:\windows\system32\provlaunch.exe

Resources:

• https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1674399582162153472

Acknowledgements:

• Grzegorz Tworek (@0gtweet)

Detections:

• Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/9cb124f841c4358ca859e8474d6e7bb5268284a2/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_provlaunch_potential_abuse.yml
• Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/9cb124f841c4358ca859e8474d6e7bb5268284a2/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_provlaunch_susp_child_process.yml
• Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/9cb124f841c4358ca859e8474d6e7bb5268284a2/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_registry_provlaunch_provisioning_command.yml
• Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/9cb124f841c4358ca859e8474d6e7bb5268284a2/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_provisioning_command_abuse.yml
• IOC: c:\windows\system32\provlaunch.exe executions
• IOC: Creation/existence of HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Provisioning\Commands subkeys

Execute

1. Executes command defined in the Registry. Requires 3 levels of the key structure containing some keywords. Such keys may be created with two reg.exe commands, e.g. reg.exe add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Provisioning\Commands\LOLBin\dummy1 /v altitude /t REG_DWORD /d 0 and reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Provisioning\Commands\LOLBin\dummy1\dummy2 /v Commandline /d calc.exe. Registry keys are deleted after successful execution.

   provlaunch.exe LOLBin

   Use case

   Executes arbitrary command

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   Administrator

   Operating systems

   Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022

   ATT&CK® technique

   T1218

   Tags

   Execute: CMD