Sigma rule: Suspicious File Characteristics Due to Missing Fields

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-cb418511abe3, updated 2022-10-09T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Suspicious File Characteristics Due to Missing Fields
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: Markus Neis, Sander Wiebing
Date: 2018-11-22
Modified: 2022-10-09
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_file_characteristics.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects Executables in the Downloads folder without FileVersion,Description,Product,Company likely created with py2exe

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection1:
    Description: '\?'
    FileVersion: '\?'
selection2:
    Description: '\?'
    Product: '\?'
selection3:
    Description: '\?'
    Company: '\?'
folder:
    Image|contains: '\Downloads\'
condition: (selection1 or selection2 or selection3) and folder

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1059.006

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_susp_file_characteristics.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Suspicious File Characteristics Due to Missing Fields" by Markus Neis, Sander Wiebing (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_file_characteristics.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: Suspicious File Characteristics Due to Missing Fields",
entity page, dataset version ref-cb418511abe3, updated 2022-10-09T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/9637e8a5-7131-4f7f-bdc7-2b05d8670c43 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 9637e8a5-7131-4f7f-bdc7-2b05d8670c43, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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