Sigma rule: Program Executed Using Proxy/Local Command Via SSH.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-35fe848a0403, updated 2025-10-16T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Program Executed Using Proxy/Local Command Via SSH.EXE
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali
Date
2022-12-29
Modified
2025-10-16
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ssh_proxy_execution.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detect usage of the "ssh.exe" binary as a proxy to launch other programs.

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_parent:
    # ParentCommandLine: '"C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\sshd.exe" -R'
    ParentImage: 'C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\sshd.exe'
selection_cli_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\ssh.exe'
    - Product: 'OpenSSH for Windows'
    - Hashes|contains:
          - 'IMPHASH=55b4964d29aad5438b9e950052dbbbc0'
          - 'IMPHASH=334d66c33503ccbf647c15b47c27eef4'
          - 'IMPHASH=27b0da080ef92afb37983d30d839141e'
          - 'IMPHASH=977eb4c263d384e47daa0712d34713ab'
          - 'IMPHASH=3eaadce9ae43d5a918bb082065815c3b'
          - 'IMPHASH=980fe6cf0d996ab1eedf877222e722aa'
          - 'IMPHASH=5f959422308ac3d721010d66647e100e'
          - 'IMPHASH=a49aaa3d03d1cd9c8dc7fca60f7f480b'
          - 'IMPHASH=dd335f759b6d5d6a8382b71dd9d65791'
selection_cli_flags:
    - CommandLine|contains: 'ProxyCommand='
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'PermitLocalCommand=yes'
          - ' LocalCommand'
condition: selection_parent or all of selection_cli_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate usage for administration purposes

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1218

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_ssh_proxy_execution.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Program Executed Using Proxy/Local Command Via SSH.EXE" by frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ssh_proxy_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: Program Executed Using Proxy/Local Command Via SSH.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-35fe848a0403, updated 2025-10-16T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/7d6d30b8-5b91-4b90-a891-46cccaf29598 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 7d6d30b8-5b91-4b90-a891-46cccaf29598, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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