Sigma rule: HackTool - Koadic Execution

Rule

Title

HackTool - Koadic Execution

Status

test

Level

high

Author

wagga, Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community

Date

2020-01-12

Modified

2023-02-11

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_koadic.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects command line parameters used by Koadic hack tool

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'Cmd.Exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - '/q'
        - '/c'
        - 'chcp'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.execution
• attack.t1059.003
• attack.t1059.005
• attack.t1059.007

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1059.003
• T1059.005
• T1059.007

References

• https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-sofacy-groups-parallel-attacks/
• https://github.com/offsecginger/koadic/blob/457f9a3ff394c989cdb4c599ab90eb34fb2c762c/data/stager/js/stdlib.js
• https://blog.f-secure.com/hunting-for-koadic-a-com-based-rootkit/

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_hktl_koadic.yml