Control Panel Items

Windows Control Panel items are utilities that allow users to view and adjust computer settings. Adversaries can use Control Panel items as execution payloads to execute arbitrary commands.

id:3b9bbf6b-dde2-4f82-b1ad-b3b625f44a26
categories:enrich
confidence:low
os:windows
created:7/26/2019
updated:7/26/2019

MITRE ATT&CK™ Mapping

tactics:Defense Evasion, Execution
techniques:T1196 Control Panel Items

Query

process where subtype.create and
  process_name in ("control.exe", "rundll32.exe") and
  command_line == "*.cpl *"

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