File Download Via InstallUtil.EXE — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-08-19 / 2023-11-09.

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

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 6b135c99e6f688122558d40af7a4a5f28afcb993f3c15c918b96154fbd83fd02

Detection logic

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title: File Download Via InstallUtil.EXE
id: 75edd216-1939-4c73-8d61-7f3a0d85b5cc
status: test
description: |
    Detects use of .NET InstallUtil.exe in order to download arbitrary files. The files will be written to "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\"
references:
    - https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/pull/239
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-19
modified: 2023-11-09
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\InstallUtil.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'InstallUtil.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'ftp://'
            - 'http://'
            - 'https://'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

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False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/pull/239