Sigma rule: HackTool - SharpMove Tool Execution

Rule

Title

HackTool - SharpMove Tool Execution

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Luca Di Bartolomeo (CrimpSec)

Date

2024-01-29

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_sharpmove.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of SharpMove, a .NET utility performing multiple tasks such as "Task Creation", "SCM" query, VBScript execution using WMI via its PE metadata and command line options.

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\SharpMove.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: SharpMove.exe
selection_cli_computer:
    # In its current implementation the "computername" flag is required in all actions
    CommandLine|contains: 'computername='
selection_cli_actions:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'action=create'
        - 'action=dcom'
        - 'action=executevbs'
        - 'action=hijackdcom'
        - 'action=modschtask'
        - 'action=modsvc'
        - 'action=query'
        - 'action=scm'
        - 'action=startservice'
        - 'action=taskscheduler'
condition: selection_img or all of selection_cli_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.lateral-movement
• attack.t1021.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1021.002

References

• https://github.com/0xthirteen/SharpMove/
• https://pentestlab.blog/tag/sharpmove/

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_sharpmove.yml