Sigma rule: Abusing Print Executable

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-1b81853b1bc1, updated 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Abusing Print Executable
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: Furkan CALISKAN, @caliskanfurkan_, @oscd_initiative
Date: 2020-10-05
Modified: 2022-07-07
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_print_remote_file_copy.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Attackers can use print.exe for remote file copy

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection:
    Image|endswith: '\print.exe'
    CommandLine|startswith: 'print'
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - '/D'
        - '.exe'
filter_print:
    CommandLine|contains: 'print.exe'
condition: selection and not filter_print

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1218

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_print_remote_file_copy.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Abusing Print Executable" by Furkan CALISKAN, @caliskanfurkan_, @oscd_initiative (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_print_remote_file_copy.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: Abusing Print Executable",
entity page, dataset version ref-1b81853b1bc1, updated 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/bafac3d6-7de9-4dd9-8874-4a1194b493ed (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule bafac3d6-7de9-4dd9-8874-4a1194b493ed, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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