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Process Execution From A Potentially Suspicious Folder
Detects a potentially suspicious execution from an uncommon folder.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Stealth | T1036 Masquerading |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Rule body yaml
title: Process Execution From A Potentially Suspicious Folder
id: 3dfd06d2-eaf4-4532-9555-68aca59f57c4
status: test
description: Detects a potentially suspicious execution from an uncommon folder.
references:
- https://github.com/mbevilacqua/appcompatprocessor/blob/6c847937c5a836e2ce2fe2b915f213c345a3c389/AppCompatSearch.txt
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/bronze-butler-targets-japanese-businesses
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/resources/reports/2019-crowdstrike-global-threat-report/
- https://github.com/ThreatHuntingProject/ThreatHunting/blob/cb22598bb70651f88e0285abc8d835757d2cb596/hunts/suspicious_process_creation_via_windows_event_logs.md
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Tim Shelton
date: 2019-01-16
modified: 2024-07-12
tags:
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1036
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|contains:
- ':\Perflogs\'
- ':\Users\All Users\'
- ':\Users\Default\'
- ':\Users\NetworkService\'
- ':\Windows\addins\'
- ':\Windows\debug\'
- ':\Windows\Fonts\'
- ':\Windows\Help\'
- ':\Windows\IME\'
- ':\Windows\Media\'
- ':\Windows\repair\'
- ':\Windows\security\'
- ':\Windows\System32\Tasks\'
- ':\Windows\Tasks\'
- '$Recycle.bin'
- '\config\systemprofile\'
- '\Intel\Logs\'
- '\RSA\MachineKeys\'
filter_optional_ibm:
Image|startswith: 'C:\Users\Public\IBM\ClientSolutions\Start_Programs\'
filter_optional_citrix:
Image|startswith: 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Citrix\UpdaterBinaries\'
Image|endswith: '\CitrixReceiverUpdater.exe'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_optional_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selection and not 1 of filter_optional_*Stage 1: selection
selection:
Image|contains:
- ':\Perflogs\'
- ':\Users\All Users\'
- ':\Users\Default\'
- ':\Users\NetworkService\'
- ':\Windows\addins\'
- ':\Windows\debug\'
- ':\Windows\Fonts\'
- ':\Windows\Help\'
- ':\Windows\IME\'
- ':\Windows\Media\'
- ':\Windows\repair\'
- ':\Windows\security\'
- ':\Windows\System32\Tasks\'
- ':\Windows\Tasks\'
- '$Recycle.bin'
- '\config\systemprofile\'
- '\Intel\Logs\'
- '\RSA\MachineKeys\'
Stage 2: not filter_optional_*
filter_optional_ibm:
Image|startswith: 'C:\Users\Public\IBM\ClientSolutions\Start_Programs\'
filter_optional_citrix:
Image|startswith: 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Citrix\UpdaterBinaries\'
Image|endswith: '\CitrixReceiverUpdater.exe'
Exclusions
Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.
| Field | Kind | Excluded values |
|---|---|---|
Image | ends_with | \CitrixReceiverUpdater.exe |
Image | starts_with | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Citrix\UpdaterBinaries\ |
Image | starts_with | C:\Users\Public\IBM\ClientSolutions\Start_Programs\ |
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.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Image | match |
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