Sigma rule: Suspicious Cabinet File Execution Via Msdt.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-a709b2ff8d42, updated 2024-03-13T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Suspicious Cabinet File Execution Via Msdt.EXE
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), GossiTheDog, frack113
Date
2022-06-21
Modified
2024-03-13
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_msdt_susp_cab_options.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects execution of msdt.exe using the "cab" flag which could indicates suspicious diagcab files with embedded answer files leveraging CVE-2022-30190

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\msdt.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'msdt.exe'
selection_cmd:
    CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -cab '
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate usage of ".diagcab" files

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1202

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_msdt_susp_cab_options.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Suspicious Cabinet File Execution Via Msdt.EXE" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), GossiTheDog, frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_msdt_susp_cab_options.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: Suspicious Cabinet File Execution Via Msdt.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-a709b2ff8d42, updated 2024-03-13T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/dc4576d4-7467-424f-9eee-fd2b02855fe0 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule dc4576d4-7467-424f-9eee-fd2b02855fe0, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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