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HackTool - CoercedPotato Execution
Detects the use of CoercedPotato, a tool for privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation | |
| Stealth |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
Rule body
title: HackTool - CoercedPotato Execution
id: e8d34729-86a4-4140-adfd-0a29c2106307
status: test
description: Detects the use of CoercedPotato, a tool for privilege escalation
references:
- https://github.com/hackvens/CoercedPotato
- https://blog.hackvens.fr/articles/CoercedPotato.html
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-10-11
modified: 2024-11-23
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1055
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_loader_img:
Image|endswith: '\CoercedPotato.exe'
selection_params:
CommandLine|contains: ' --exploitId '
selection_loader_imphash:
Hashes|contains:
- 'IMPHASH=A75D7669DB6B2E107A44C4057FF7F7D6'
- 'IMPHASH=F91624350E2C678C5DCBE5E1F24E22C9'
- 'IMPHASH=14C81850A079A87E83D50CA41C709A15'
condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
1 of selection_*Stage 1: selection_loader_img
selection_loader_img:
Image|endswith: '\CoercedPotato.exe'
Stage 2: selection_params
selection_params:
CommandLine|contains: ' --exploitId '
Stage 3: selection_loader_imphash
selection_loader_imphash:
Hashes|contains:
- 'IMPHASH=A75D7669DB6B2E107A44C4057FF7F7D6'
- 'IMPHASH=F91624350E2C678C5DCBE5E1F24E22C9'
- 'IMPHASH=14C81850A079A87E83D50CA41C709A15'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:match value:" --exploitId " |
Hashes | match |
| field:"Hashes" kind:match |
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with value:"\CoercedPotato.exe" |