Sigma rule: RemoteFXvGPUDisablement Abuse Via AtomicTestHarnesses
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-b7a9df0f216f, updated 2023-05-09T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- RemoteFXvGPUDisablement Abuse Via AtomicTestHarnesses
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- frack113
- Date
- 2021-07-13
- Modified
- 2023-05-09
- File
- rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_powershell_remotefxvgpudisablement_abuse.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects calls to the AtomicTestHarnesses "Invoke-ATHRemoteFXvGPUDisablementCommand" which is designed to abuse the "RemoteFXvGPUDisablement.exe" binary to run custom PowerShell code via module load-order hijacking.
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'Invoke-ATHRemoteFXvGPUDisablementCommand'
- 'Invoke-ATHRemoteFXvGPUDisableme'
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1218
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
Related rules
- f65e22f9-819e-4f96-9c7b-498364ae7a25 (similar)
- 38a7625e-b2cb-485d-b83d-aff137d859f4 (similar)
- cacef8fc-9d3d-41f7-956d-455c6e881bc5 (similar)
References
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1218/T1218.md
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/AtomicTestHarnesses/blob/7e1e4da116801e3d6fcc6bedb207064577e40572/TestHarnesses/T1218_SignedBinaryProxyExecution/InvokeRemoteFXvGPUDisablementCommand.ps1
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Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"RemoteFXvGPUDisablement Abuse Via AtomicTestHarnesses" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_powershell_remotefxvgpudisablement_abuse.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: RemoteFXvGPUDisablement Abuse Via AtomicTestHarnesses",
entity page, dataset version ref-b7a9df0f216f, updated 2023-05-09T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/a6fc3c46-23b8-4996-9ea2-573f4c4d88c5 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule a6fc3c46-23b8-4996-9ea2-573f4c4d88c5, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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