Sigma rule: Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-1a6b41c0fa83, updated 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
frack113
Date
2021-11-26
Modified
2022-05-16
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_configsecuritypolicy_download_file.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of "ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE", a binary part of Windows Defender used to manage settings in Windows Defender.
Users can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads.
It can be abused by attackers in order to upload or download files.

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - CommandLine|contains: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
    - Image|endswith: '\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe'
selection_url:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'ftp://'
        - 'http://'
        - 'https://'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.exfiltration
  • attack.t1567

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_configsecuritypolicy_download_file.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_configsecuritypolicy_download_file.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: Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-1a6b41c0fa83, updated 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/1f0f6176-6482-4027-b151-00071af39d7e (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 1f0f6176-6482-4027-b151-00071af39d7e, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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