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Potential Mftrace.EXE Abuse
Detects child processes of the "Trace log generation tool for Media Foundation Tools" (Mftrace.exe) which can abused to execute arbitrary binaries.
Known false positives
- Legitimate use for tracing purposes
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | |
| Stealth |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688: A new process has been created. |
Rule body
title: Potential Mftrace.EXE Abuse
id: 3d48c9d3-1aa6-418d-98d3-8fd3c01a564e
status: test
description: Detects child processes of the "Trace log generation tool for Media Foundation Tools" (Mftrace.exe) which can abused to execute arbitrary binaries.
references:
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Mftrace/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-06-09
modified: 2023-08-03
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1127
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
ParentImage|endswith: '\mftrace.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate use for tracing purposes
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
ParentImage|endswith: '\mftrace.exe'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
ParentImage | ends_with |
| field:"ParentImage" kind:ends_with value:"\mftrace.exe" |