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Small Sieve Malware CommandLine Indicator

Status
test
Severity
high
Log source
product windows, category process_creation
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects specific command line argument being passed to a binary as seen being used by the malware Small Sieve.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

title: Small Sieve Malware CommandLine Indicator
id: 21117127-21c8-437a-ae03-4b51e5a8a088
status: test
description: Detects specific command line argument being passed to a binary as seen being used by the malware Small Sieve.
references:
    - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/static-assets/documents/malware-analysis-reports/small-sieve/NCSC-MAR-Small-Sieve.pdf
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-05-19
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1574.001
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|endswith: '.exe Platypus'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    CommandLine|endswith: '.exe Platypus'

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.

FieldKindValues
CommandLineends_with
  • .exe Platypus