Sigma rule: PUA - AdvancedRun Execution

Rule

Title

PUA - AdvancedRun Execution

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Date

2022-01-20

Modified

2023-02-21

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_advancedrun.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of AdvancedRun utility

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    - OriginalFileName: 'AdvancedRun.exe'
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - ' /EXEFilename '
          - ' /Run'
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - ' /WindowState 0'
          - ' /RunAs '
          - ' /CommandLine '
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.execution
• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.stealth
• attack.t1564.003
• attack.t1134.002
• attack.t1059.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1059.003
• T1134.002
• T1564.003

Related rules

• fa00b701-44c6-4679-994d-5a18afa8a707 (similar)

References

• https://twitter.com/splinter_code/status/1483815103279603714
• https://medium.com/s2wblog/analysis-of-destructive-malware-whispergate-targeting-ukraine-9d5d158f19f3
• https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/operation-bleeding-bear
• https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/run-program-as-system-localsystem-account-windows/

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_pua_advancedrun.yml