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Invoke-Obfuscation CLIP+ Launcher - System

Status
test
Severity
high
Log source
product windows, service system
Author
Jonathan Cheong, oscd.community
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects Obfuscated use of Clip.exe to execute PowerShell

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Execution
Stealth

Telemetry coverage

ProviderRecord / event type
Service-Control-ManagerEvent ID 7045: A service was installed in the system.

Rule body

title: Invoke-Obfuscation CLIP+ Launcher - System
id: f7385ee2-0e0c-11eb-adc1-0242ac120002
status: test
description: Detects Obfuscated use of Clip.exe to execute PowerShell
references:
    - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009  # (Task 26)
author: Jonathan Cheong, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-13
modified: 2023-02-20
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1027
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        ImagePath|contains|all:
            - 'cmd'
            - '&&'
            - 'clipboard]::'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ImagePath|contains|all:
        - 'cmd'
        - '&&'
        - 'clipboard]::'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
ImagePathmatch
  • && corpus 4 (sigma 4)
  • clipboard]::
  • cmd corpus 5 (sigma 5)
field:"ImagePath" kind:match
Provider_Nameeq
  • Service Control Manager corpus 50 (sigma 50)
field:"Provider_Name" kind:eq value:"Service Control Manager"