title: Unauthorized System Time Modification
id: faa031b5-21ed-4e02-8881-2591f98d82ed
status: experimental
description: Detect scenarios where a potentially unauthorized application or user is modifying the system time.
author: '@neu5ron'
references:
    - Private Cuckoo Sandbox (from many years ago, no longer have hash, NDA as well)
    - Live environment caused by malware
    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4616
date: 2019/02/05
modified: 2020/01/27
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1099          # an old one
    - attack.t1070.006
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: 'Requirements: Audit Policy : System > Audit Security State Change, Group Policy : Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Advanced Audit Policy Configuration\Audit Policies\System\Audit Security State Change'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4616
    filter1:
        ProcessName: 'C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe'
    filter2:
        ProcessName: 'C:\Windows\System32\VBoxService.exe'
    filter3:
        ProcessName: 'C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe'
        SubjectUserSid: 'S-1-5-19'
    condition: selection and not ( filter1 or filter2 or filter3 )
falsepositives:
    - HyperV or other virtualization technologies with binary not listed in filter portion of detection
level: medium