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Invoke-Obfuscation Via Use MSHTA - System

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

Detects Obfuscated Powershell via use MSHTA in Scripts

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
StealthT1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

Event coverage

ProviderEvent
Service-Control-ManagerEvent ID 7045

Rule body yaml

title: Invoke-Obfuscation Via Use MSHTA - System
id: 7e9c7999-0f9b-4d4a-a6ed-af6d553d4af4
status: test
description: Detects Obfuscated Powershell via use MSHTA in Scripts
references:
    - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009 # (Task31)
author: Nikita Nazarov, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-09
modified: 2022-11-29
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:
            - 'mshta'
            - 'vbscript:createobject'
    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:
        - 'mshta'
        - 'vbscript:createobject'

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.

FieldKindValues
ImagePathmatch
  • mshta corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • vbscript:createobject
Provider_Nameeq
  • Service Control Manager corpus 50 (sigma 50)