Sigma rule: Remote Access Tool - AnyDesk Piped Password Via CLI

Rule

Title

Remote Access Tool - AnyDesk Piped Password Via CLI

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Date

2022-09-28

Modified

2023-03-05

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_remote_access_tools_anydesk_piped_password_via_cli.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects piping the password to an anydesk instance via CMD and the '--set-password' flag.

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        # Example: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /C cmd.exe /c echo J9kzQ2Y0qO |C:\ProgramData\anydesk.exe --set-password
        - '/c '
        - 'echo '
        - '.exe --set-password'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Legitimate piping of the password to anydesk
• Some FP could occur with similar tools that uses the same command line '--set-password'

Tags

• attack.command-and-control
• attack.t1219.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1219.002

References

• https://redcanary.com/blog/misbehaving-rats/

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_remote_access_tools_anydesk_piped_password_via_cli.yml