Sigma rule: PUA - AdvancedRun Suspicious Execution
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-4911162db66a, updated 2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- PUA - AdvancedRun Suspicious Execution
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
- Date
- 2022-01-20
- Modified
- 2023-02-21
- File
- rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_advancedrun_priv_user.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects the execution of AdvancedRun utility in the context of the TrustedInstaller, SYSTEM, Local Service or Network Service accounts
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection:
CommandLine|contains:
- '/EXEFilename'
- '/CommandLine'
selection_runas:
- CommandLine|contains:
- ' /RunAs 8 '
- ' /RunAs 4 '
- ' /RunAs 10 '
- ' /RunAs 11 '
- CommandLine|endswith:
- '/RunAs 8'
- '/RunAs 4'
- '/RunAs 10'
- '/RunAs 11'
condition: all of selection*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1134.002
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
Related rules
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/
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Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"PUA - AdvancedRun Suspicious Execution" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_advancedrun_priv_user.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: PUA - AdvancedRun Suspicious Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-4911162db66a, updated 2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/fa00b701-44c6-4679-994d-5a18afa8a707 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule fa00b701-44c6-4679-994d-5a18afa8a707, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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