OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe
OneDrive Standalone Updater
Full path
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive\OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft OneDrive\OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exeCommands
Download a file from the Internet without executing any anomalous executables with suspicious arguments
OneDriveStandaloneUpdaterDownload a file from the web address specified in
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive\UpdateOfficeConfig\UpdateRingSettingURLFromOC.ODSUUpdateXMLUrlFromOCandUpdateXMLUrlFromOCmust be equal to non-empty string values in that same registry key.UpdateOfficeConfigTimestampis a UNIX epoch time which must be set to a large QWORD such as 99999999999 (in decimal) to indicate the URL cache is good. The downloaded file will be in%localappdata%\OneDrive\StandaloneUpdater\PreSignInSettingsConfig.json.os: Windows 10
Detection
- IOCHKCU\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive\UpdateOfficeConfig\UpdateRingSettingURLFromOC being set to a suspicious non-Microsoft controlled URL
- IOCReports of downloading from suspicious URLs in %localappdata%\OneDrive\setup\logs\StandaloneUpdate_*.log files
- Sigma https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ff5102832031425f6eed011dd3a2e62653008c94/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_lolbin_onedrivestandaloneupdater.yml
Resources
acknowledgement: Elliot Killick @elliotkillick