Potential Mftrace.EXE Abuse — Sigma Rule

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Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-06-09 / 2023-08-03.

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

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Source SHA-256: 7522098d3f50a31c92e9c9120b2feaf0f124b55494bc8a106ea3ac3bc15f828e

Detection logic

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title: Potential Mftrace.EXE Abuse
id: 3d48c9d3-1aa6-418d-98d3-8fd3c01a564e
status: test
description: Detects child processes of the "Trace log generation tool for Media Foundation Tools" (Mftrace.exe) which can abused to execute arbitrary binaries.
references:
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Mftrace/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-06-09
modified: 2023-08-03
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1127
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\mftrace.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use for tracing purposes
level: medium

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False positives

• Legitimate use for tracing purposes

Source references

• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Mftrace/