Elastic Security Detection Rules

Execution of COM object via Xwizard

Last updated 5 months ago on 2025-03-20
Created 5 years ago on 2021-01-20

About

Windows Component Object Model (COM) is an inter-process communication (IPC) component of the native Windows application programming interface (API) that enables interaction between software objects or executable code. Xwizard can be used to run a COM object created in registry to evade defensive counter measures.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: ExecutionData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: Windows Security Event LogsData Source: Microsoft Defender for EndpointData Source: SysmonData Source: SentinelOneData Source: CrowdstrikeLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Execution (TA0002)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Inter-Process Communication (T1559)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
endgame-*logs-crowdstrike.fdr*logs-endpoint.events.process-*logs-m365_defender.event-*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*logs-system.security*logs-windows.forwarded*logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*winlogbeat-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

m365_defender(opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(opens in a new tab or window)

system(opens in a new tab or window)

crowdstrike(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
 (process.name : "xwizard.exe" or ?process.pe.original_file_name : "xwizard.exe") and
 (
   (process.args : "RunWizard" and process.args : "{*}") or
   (process.executable != null and
     not process.executable : (
        "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\xwizard.exe",
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\xwizard.exe",
        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume?\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\xwizard.exe",
        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume?\\Windows\\System32\\xwizard.exe"
     )
   )
 )

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Execution of COM object via Xwizard in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).