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PUA - CleanWipe Execution
Detects the use of CleanWipe a tool usually used to delete Symantec antivirus.
Known false positives
- Legitimate administrative use (Should be investigated either way)
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Defense Impairment |
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: PUA - CleanWipe Execution
id: f44800ac-38ec-471f-936e-3fa7d9c53100
status: test
description: Detects the use of CleanWipe a tool usually used to delete Symantec antivirus.
references:
- https://github.com/3CORESec/MAL-CL/tree/master/Descriptors/Other/CleanWipe
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-12-18
modified: 2023-02-14
tags:
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1685
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection1:
Image|endswith: '\SepRemovalToolNative_x64.exe'
selection2:
Image|endswith: '\CATClean.exe'
CommandLine|contains: '--uninstall'
selection3:
Image|endswith: '\NetInstaller.exe'
CommandLine|contains: '-r'
selection4:
Image|endswith: '\WFPUnins.exe'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- '/uninstall'
- '/enterprise'
condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
- Legitimate administrative use (Should be investigated either way)
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
1 of selection*Stage 1: selection1
selection1:
Image|endswith: '\SepRemovalToolNative_x64.exe'
Stage 2: selection2
selection2:
Image|endswith: '\CATClean.exe'
CommandLine|contains: '--uninstall'
Stage 3: selection3
selection3:
Image|endswith: '\NetInstaller.exe'
CommandLine|contains: '-r'
Stage 4: selection4
selection4:
Image|endswith: '\WFPUnins.exe'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- '/uninstall'
- '/enterprise'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:match |
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with |