Sigma rule: PUA - Nmap/Zenmap Execution

Rule

Title

PUA - Nmap/Zenmap Execution

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

frack113

Date

2021-12-10

Modified

2023-12-11

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_nmap_zenmap.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects usage of namp/zenmap. Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts, including those that may be vulnerable to remote software exploitation

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    - Image|endswith:
          - '\nmap.exe'
          - '\zennmap.exe'
    - OriginalFileName:
          - 'nmap.exe'
          - 'zennmap.exe'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Legitimate administrator activity

Tags

• attack.discovery
• attack.t1046

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1046

References

• https://nmap.org/
• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1046/T1046.md#atomic-test-3---port-scan-nmap-for-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_nmap_zenmap.yml