Sigma rule: Potential Manage-bde.wsf Abuse To Proxy Execution

Rule

Title

Potential Manage-bde.wsf Abuse To Proxy Execution

Status

test

Level

high

Author

oscd.community, Natalia Shornikova, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Date

2020-10-13

Modified

2023-02-03

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_manage_bde.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects potential abuse of the "manage-bde.wsf" script as a LOLBIN to proxy execution

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_wscript_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\wscript.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'wscript.exe'
selection_wscript_cli:
    CommandLine|contains: 'manage-bde.wsf'
selection_parent:
    ParentImage|endswith:
        - '\cscript.exe'
        - '\wscript.exe'
    ParentCommandLine|contains: 'manage-bde.wsf'
selection_filter_cmd:
    Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
condition: all of selection_wscript_* or (selection_parent and not selection_filter_cmd)

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unlikely

Tags

• attack.stealth
• attack.t1216

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1216

References

• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Scripts/Manage-bde/
• https://gist.github.com/bohops/735edb7494fe1bd1010d67823842b712
• https://twitter.com/bohops/status/980659399495741441
• https://twitter.com/JohnLaTwC/status/1223292479270600706
• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1216/T1216.md

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_lolbin_manage_bde.yml