Sigma rule: Potential Arbitrary Command Execution Via FTP.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-5f6f05d688bc, updated 2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Potential Arbitrary Command Execution Via FTP.EXE
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Victor Sergeev, oscd.community
Date
2020-10-09
Modified
2024-04-23
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ftp_arbitrary_command_execution.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects execution of "ftp.exe" script with the "-s" or "/s" flag and any child processes ran by "ftp.exe".

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_parent:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\ftp.exe'
selection_child_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\ftp.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'ftp.exe'
selection_child_cli:
    CommandLine|contains|windash: '-s:'
condition: selection_parent or all of selection_child_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.execution
  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1059
  • attack.t1202

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

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_ftp_arbitrary_command_execution.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Potential Arbitrary Command Execution Via FTP.EXE" by Victor Sergeev, oscd.community (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ftp_arbitrary_command_execution.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential Arbitrary Command Execution Via FTP.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-5f6f05d688bc, updated 2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/06b401f4-107c-4ff9-947f-9ec1e7649f1e (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 06b401f4-107c-4ff9-947f-9ec1e7649f1e, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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