Sigma rule: Unmount Share Via Net.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-3bba761f74e5, updated 2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Unmount Share Via Net.EXE
Status
test
Level
low
Author
oscd.community, @redcanary, Zach Stanford @svch0st
Date
2020-10-08
Modified
2023-02-21
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_net_share_unmount.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects when when a mounted share is removed. Adversaries may remove share connections that are no longer useful in order to clean up traces of their operation

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith:
          - '\net.exe'
          - '\net1.exe'
    - OriginalFileName:
          - 'net.exe'
          - 'net1.exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'share'
        - '/delete'
condition: all of selection*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Administrators or Power users may remove their shares via cmd line

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1070.005

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

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_net_share_unmount.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Unmount Share Via Net.EXE" by oscd.community, @redcanary, Zach Stanford @svch0st (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_net_share_unmount.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: Unmount Share Via Net.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-3bba761f74e5, updated 2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/cb7c4a03-2871-43c0-9bbb-18bbdb079896 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule cb7c4a03-2871-43c0-9bbb-18bbdb079896, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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