Sigma rule: Exploitation Attempt Of CVE-2020-1472 - Execution of ZeroLogon PoC

Rule

Title

Exploitation Attempt Of CVE-2020-1472 - Execution of ZeroLogon PoC

Status

test

Level

high

Author

@Kostastsale, TheDFIRReport

Date

2022-02-12

File

rules-emerging-threats/2020/Exploits/CVE-2020-1472/proc_creation_win_exploit_cve_2020_1472_zero_poc.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of the commonly used ZeroLogon PoC executable.

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_main:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
    Image|endswith:
        - '\cool.exe'
        - '\zero.exe'
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'Administrator'
        - '-c'
selection_payloads_1:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'taskkill'
        - '/f'
        - '/im'
selection_payloads_2:
    CommandLine|contains: 'powershell'
condition: selection_main and 1 of selection_payloads_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.execution
• attack.lateral-movement
• attack.t1210
• cve.2020-1472
• detection.emerging-threats

CVEs this rule names

• CVE-2020-1472

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1210

References

• https://thedfirreport.com/2021/11/01/from-zero-to-domain-admin/
• https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/21/qbot-and-zerologon-lead-to-full-domain-compromise/

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2020/Exploits/CVE-2020-1472/proc_creation_win_exploit_cve_2020_1472_zero_poc.yml