Sigma rule: Potential Arbitrary Command Execution Using Msdt.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-b7e53c8436c0, updated 2024-03-13T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Potential Arbitrary Command Execution Using Msdt.EXE
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-05-29
Modified: 2024-03-13
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_msdt_arbitrary_command_execution.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects processes leveraging the "ms-msdt" handler or the "msdt.exe" binary to execute arbitrary commands as seen in the follina (CVE-2022-30190) vulnerability

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\msdt.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'msdt.exe'
selection_cmd_inline:
    CommandLine|contains: 'IT_BrowseForFile='
selection_cmd_answerfile_flag:
    CommandLine|contains: ' PCWDiagnostic'
selection_cmd_answerfile_param:
    CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -af '
condition: selection_img and (selection_cmd_inline or all of selection_cmd_answerfile_*)

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1202

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_msdt_arbitrary_command_execution.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Potential Arbitrary Command Execution Using Msdt.EXE" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_msdt_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 Using Msdt.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-b7e53c8436c0, updated 2024-03-13T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/258fc8ce-8352-443a-9120-8a11e4857fa5 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 258fc8ce-8352-443a-9120-8a11e4857fa5, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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