Elastic Security Detection Rules

Installation of Security Support Provider

Last updated 4 months ago on 2025-08-26
Created 5 years ago on 2020-11-18

About

Identifies registry modifications related to the Windows Security Support Provider (SSP) configuration. Adversaries may abuse this to establish persistence in an environment.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: PersistenceTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: SysmonData Source: Microsoft Defender for EndpointData Source: SentinelOneData Source: CrowdstrikeLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Persistence (TA0003)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Boot or Logon Autostart Execution (T1547)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Registry (T1112)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

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

Definition

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

endpoint(external, opens in a new tab or window)

windows(external, opens in a new tab or window)

m365_defender(external, opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(external, opens in a new tab or window)

crowdstrike(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query
text code block:
registry where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "change" and
  registry.value : "Security Packages" and
  registry.path : (
      "*\\SYSTEM\\*ControlSet*\\Control\\Lsa\\Security Packages",
      "*\\SYSTEM\\*ControlSet*\\Control\\Lsa\\OSConfig\\Security Packages"
  ) and
  not process.executable : (
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\msiexec.exe",
        "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msiexec.exe",
        /* Crowdstrike specific exclusion as it uses NT Object paths */
        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\System32\\msiexec.exe",
        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msiexec.exe"
  )

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Installation of Security Support Provider 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(external, opens in a new tab or window).