Invoke-Obfuscation STDIN+ Launcher - PowerShell Module — Sigma Rule

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Author: Jonathan Cheong, oscd.community. Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2020-10-15 / 2024-04-05.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "category": "ps_module",
  "definition": "0ad03ef1-f21b-4a79-8ce8-e6900c54b65b"
}

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Source SHA-256: d3fe67293d5db803ebbb1c474b7dca546a46240fe65daec8b43e5b160e69fa9e

Detection logic

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title: Invoke-Obfuscation STDIN+ Launcher - PowerShell Module
id: 9ac8b09b-45de-4a07-9da1-0de8c09304a3
related:
    - id: 779c8c12-0eb1-11eb-adc1-0242ac120002
      type: derived
status: test
description: Detects Obfuscated use of stdin to execute PowerShell
references:
    - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009  # (Task 25)
author: Jonathan Cheong, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-15
modified: 2024-04-05
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1027
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: ps_module
    definition: 0ad03ef1-f21b-4a79-8ce8-e6900c54b65b
detection:
    selection_4103:
        Payload|re: 'cmd.{0,5}(?:/c|/r).+powershell.+(?:\$\{?input\}?|noexit).+"'
    condition: selection_4103
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

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False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009