Sigma rule: Browser Started with Remote Debugging

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-fad432b097c0, updated 2022-12-23T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Browser Started with Remote Debugging
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
pH-T (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-07-27
Modified
2022-12-23
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_browsers_remote_debugging.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects browsers starting with the remote debugging flags. Which is a technique often used to perform browser injection attacks

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_chromium_based:
    # Covers: --remote-debugging-address, --remote-debugging-port, --remote-debugging-socket-name, --remote-debugging-pipe....etc
    CommandLine|contains: ' --remote-debugging-'
selection_firefox:
    Image|endswith: '\firefox.exe'
    CommandLine|contains: ' -start-debugger-server'
condition: 1 of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.collection
  • attack.t1185

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

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_browsers_remote_debugging.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Browser Started with Remote Debugging" by pH-T (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_browsers_remote_debugging.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: Browser Started with Remote Debugging",
entity page, dataset version ref-fad432b097c0, updated 2022-12-23T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/b3d34dc5-2efd-4ae3-845f-8ec14921f449 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b3d34dc5-2efd-4ae3-845f-8ec14921f449, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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