Sigma rule: Potential DLL Injection Or Execution Using Tracker.exe

Rule

Title

Potential DLL Injection Or Execution Using Tracker.exe

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

Avneet Singh @v3t0_, oscd.community

Date

2020-10-18

Modified

2023-01-09

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_tracker.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects potential DLL injection and execution using "Tracker.exe"

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\tracker.exe'
    - Description: 'Tracker'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - ' /d '
        - ' /c '
filter_msbuild1:
    CommandLine|contains: ' /ERRORREPORT:PROMPT '
filter_msbuild2:
    # Example:
    #   GrandparentImage: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Msbuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe
    #   ParentCommandLine: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe" /nologo /nodemode:1 /nodeReuse:true /low:false
    #   CommandLine: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\Tracker.exe" @"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp05c7789bc5534838bf96d7a0fed1ffff.tmp" /c "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64\Lib.exe"
    ParentImage|endswith:
        - '\Msbuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe'
        - '\Msbuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe'
condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.stealth
• attack.t1055.001

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1055.001

References

• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Tracker/

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_lolbin_tracker.yml