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Potential Execution of Sysinternals Tools — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule 7cccd811-7ae9-4ebe-9afd-cb5c406b824b. Potential Execution of Sysinternals Tools — Sigma Rule. Detects command lines that contain the 'accepteula' flag which could be a sign of execution of one of the Sysinternals tools

Rule metadata and linked tags

testlowprocess_creationwindowsattack.resource-developmentattack.t1588.002

Author: Markus Neis. Source status: test; severity: low. Source dates: 2017-08-28 / 2024-03-13.

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

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 4d210f07bc3184f1931966bc7a19714ef18b3b4667aa04fa30805a63ee9741f2

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: Potential Execution of Sysinternals Tools
id: 7cccd811-7ae9-4ebe-9afd-cb5c406b824b
related:
    - id: 25ffa65d-76d8-4da5-a832-3f2b0136e133
      type: derived
status: test
description: Detects command lines that contain the 'accepteula' flag which could be a sign of execution of one of the Sysinternals tools
references:
    - https://twitter.com/Moti_B/status/1008587936735035392
author: Markus Neis
date: 2017-08-28
modified: 2024-03-13
tags:
    - attack.resource-development
    - attack.t1588.002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -accepteula'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use of SysInternals tools
    - Programs that use the same command line flag
level: low

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

  • Legitimate use of SysInternals tools
  • Programs that use the same command line flag

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