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Lolbin Runexehelper Use As Proxy — Sigma Rule
Sigma rule cd71385d-fd9b-4691-9b98-2b1f7e508714. Lolbin Runexehelper Use As Proxy — Sigma Rule. Detect usage of the "runexehelper.exe" binary as a proxy to launch other programs
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Author: frack113. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-12-29 / not supplied.
{
"category": "process_creation",
"product": "windows"
}Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1
Source SHA-256: f538ccf55a106b620613c0b22ebd2bd25b8ad83cc6c79b9ca556cc25ede8914a
Detection logic
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title: Lolbin Runexehelper Use As Proxy
id: cd71385d-fd9b-4691-9b98-2b1f7e508714
status: test
description: Detect usage of the "runexehelper.exe" binary as a proxy to launch other programs
references:
- https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1206692239839289344
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Runexehelper/
author: frack113
date: 2022-12-29
tags:
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1218
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
ParentImage|endswith: '\runexehelper.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
False positives
- Unknown
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