Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution — Sigma Rule

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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-01-11 / 2023-04-11.

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

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Source SHA-256: 00b5d08905136a44e8573f84517db198bfe29db79b7c2e09d507bbd56eba3e42

Detection logic

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title: Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution
id: a20391f8-76fb-437b-abc0-dba2df1952c6
related:
    - id: 65c3ca2c-525f-4ced-968e-246a713d164f
      type: similar
status: test
description: Detects child processes of Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe that can be used to execute any other binary
references:
    - https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1463526834918854661
    - https://gist.github.com/nasbench/a989ce64cefa8081bd50cf6ad8c491b5
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-01-11
modified: 2023-04-11
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use by developers as part of NodeJS development with Visual Studio Tools
level: medium

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False positives

• Legitimate use by developers as part of NodeJS development with Visual Studio Tools

Source references

• https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1463526834918854661
• https://gist.github.com/nasbench/a989ce64cefa8081bd50cf6ad8c491b5