Sigma rule: Visual Basic Script Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-08466305bdd8, updated 2023-03-06T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title: Visual Basic Script Execution
Status: deprecated
Level: medium
Author: frack113
Date: 2022/01/02
Modified: 2023/03/06
File: deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_cscript_vbs.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Adversaries may abuse Visual Basic (VB) for execution

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection_exe:
    - OriginalFileName:
        - 'cscript.exe'
        - 'wscript.exe'
    - Image|endswith:
        - '\cscript.exe'
        - '\wscript.exe'
selection_script:
    CommandLine|contains: '.vbs'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1059.005

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1059.005/T1059.005.md

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

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Visual Basic Script Execution" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_cscript_vbs.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Visual Basic Script Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-08466305bdd8, updated 2023-03-06T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/23250293-eed5-4c39-b57a-841c8933a57d (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 23250293-eed5-4c39-b57a-841c8933a57d, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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