Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Via Settingcontent-Ms — Sigma Rule

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Author: Sreeman. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2020-03-13 / 2022-04-14.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Source SHA-256: 7863cf90fe479130a417df61ae093f438dce61c570c4d1e9ebb0714be3542542

Detection logic

Original source YAML. Source-tag agreement is not proof of complete semantic coverage. This rule has not been compiled for a SIEM backend or validated against live telemetry here.

title: Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Via Settingcontent-Ms
id: 24de4f3b-804c-4165-b442-5a06a2302c7e
status: test
description: The .SettingContent-ms file type was introduced in Windows 10 and allows a user to create "shortcuts" to various Windows 10 setting pages. These files are simply XML and contain paths to various Windows 10 settings binaries.
references:
    - https://posts.specterops.io/the-tale-of-settingcontent-ms-files-f1ea253e4d39
author: Sreeman
date: 2020-03-13
modified: 2022-04-14
tags:
    - attack.t1204
    - attack.t1566.001
    - attack.execution
    - attack.initial-access
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains: '.SettingContent-ms'
    filter:
        CommandLine|contains: 'immersivecontrolpanel'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

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False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://posts.specterops.io/the-tale-of-settingcontent-ms-files-f1ea253e4d39