title: Modification of Boot Configuration
description: Identifies use of the bcdedit command to delete boot configuration data. This tactic is sometimes used as by malware or an attacker as a destructive technique.
status: experimental
author: E.M. Anhaus (orignally from Atomic Blue Detections, Endgame), oscd.community
date: 2019/10/24
modified: 2019/11/11
references:
     - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1490/T1490.yaml
     - https://eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/c4732632-9c1d-4980-9fa8-1d98c93f918e.html
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1490
detection:
    selection1:
        Image|endswith: '\bcdedit.exe'
        CommandLine: 'set'
    selection2:
      - CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'bootstatuspolicy'
            - 'ignoreallfailures'
      - CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'recoveryenabled'
            - 'no'
    condition: selection1 and selection2
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows