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Abusing Print Executable — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule bafac3d6-7de9-4dd9-8874-4a1194b493ed. Abusing Print Executable — Sigma Rule. Attackers can use print.exe for remote file copy

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Furkan CALISKAN, @caliskanfurkan_, @oscd_initiative. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2020-10-05 / 2022-07-07.

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

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Source SHA-256: 87de340a588732f102358ba8dcde05ad546e15f13c082f3812d32c42a33ba7a4

Detection logic

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title: Abusing Print Executable
id: bafac3d6-7de9-4dd9-8874-4a1194b493ed
status: test
description: Attackers can use print.exe for remote file copy
references:
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Print/
    - https://twitter.com/Oddvarmoe/status/985518877076541440
author: 'Furkan CALISKAN, @caliskanfurkan_, @oscd_initiative'
date: 2020-10-05
modified: 2022-07-07
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\print.exe'
        CommandLine|startswith: 'print'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '/D'
            - '.exe'
    filter_print:
        CommandLine|contains: 'print.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter_print
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

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  • Unknown

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