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Renamed Remote Utilities RAT (RURAT) Execution

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

Detects execution of renamed Remote Utilities (RURAT) via Product PE header field

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
StealthNo specific technique
DiscoveryNo specific technique
CollectionNo specific technique
Command & ControlNo specific technique

Telemetry coverage

ProviderRecord / event type
SysmonEvent ID 1: Process creation

Rule body

title: Renamed Remote Utilities RAT (RURAT) Execution
id: 9ef27c24-4903-4192-881a-3adde7ff92a5
status: test
description: Detects execution of renamed Remote Utilities (RURAT) via Product PE header field
references:
    - https://redcanary.com/blog/misbehaving-rats/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-09-19
modified: 2023-02-03
tags:
    - attack.collection
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.s0592
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Product: 'Remote Utilities'
    filter:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\rutserv.exe'
            - '\rfusclient.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection and not filter

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    Product: 'Remote Utilities'

Stage 2: not filter

filter:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\rutserv.exe'
        - '\rfusclient.exe'

Exclusions

The rule actively suppresses these predicates.

FieldKindExcluded valuesSearch
Imageends_with\rfusclient.exeexcludes:Image field:"Image" value:"\rfusclient.exe"
Imageends_with\rutserv.exeexcludes:Image field:"Image" value:"\rutserv.exe"

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
Producteq
  • Remote Utilities corpus 2 (sigma 2)
field:"Product" kind:eq value:"Remote Utilities"