Detection rules › Sigma
VsCode Powershell Profile Modification
Detects the creation or modification of a vscode related powershell profile which could indicate suspicious activity as the profile can be used as a mean of persistence
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | T1546.013 Event Triggered Execution: PowerShell Profile |
| Privilege Escalation | T1546.013 Event Triggered Execution: PowerShell Profile |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 11 | FileCreate |
Rule body yaml
title: VsCode Powershell Profile Modification
id: 3a9fa2ec-30bc-4ebd-b49e-7c9cff225502
related:
- id: b5b78988-486d-4a80-b991-930eff3ff8bf
type: similar
status: test
description: Detects the creation or modification of a vscode related powershell profile which could indicate suspicious activity as the profile can be used as a mean of persistence
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_profiles?view=powershell-7.2
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-24
modified: 2023-01-06
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1546.013
logsource:
product: windows
category: file_event
detection:
selection:
TargetFilename|endswith: '\Microsoft.VSCode_profile.ps1'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate use of the profile by developers or administrators
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
TargetFilename|endswith: '\Microsoft.VSCode_profile.ps1'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
TargetFilename | ends_with |
|