Sigma rule: Quick Execution of a Series of Suspicious Commands

Rule

Title

Quick Execution of a Series of Suspicious Commands

Status

unsupported

Level

low

Author

juju4

Date

2019/01/16

Modified

2023/02/24

File

unsupported/windows/proc_creation_win_correlation_multiple_susp_cli.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects multiple suspicious process in a limited timeframe

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - arp.exe
        - at.exe
        - attrib.exe
        - cscript.exe
        - dsquery.exe
        - hostname.exe
        - ipconfig.exe
        - mimikatz.exe
        - nbtstat.exe
        - net.exe
        - netsh.exe
        - nslookup.exe
        - ping.exe
        - quser.exe
        - qwinsta.exe
        - reg.exe
        - runas.exe
        - sc.exe
        - schtasks.exe
        - ssh.exe
        - systeminfo.exe
        - taskkill.exe
        - telnet.exe
        - tracert.exe
        - wscript.exe
        - xcopy.exe
        - pscp.exe
        - copy.exe
        - robocopy.exe
        - certutil.exe
        - vssadmin.exe
        - powershell.exe
        - pwsh.exe
        - wevtutil.exe
        - psexec.exe
        - bcedit.exe
        - wbadmin.exe
        - icacls.exe
        - diskpart.exe
timeframe: 5m
condition: selection | count() by MachineName > 5

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• False positives depend on scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment

Tags

• car.2013-04-002
• attack.execution
• attack.t1059

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1059

References

• https://car.mitre.org/wiki/CAR-2013-04-002

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