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Suspicious Creation with Colorcpl — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule e15b518d-b4ce-4410-a9cd-501f23ce4a18. Suspicious Creation with Colorcpl — Sigma Rule. Once executed, colorcpl.exe will copy the arbitrary file to c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\color\

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Author: frack113. Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2022-01-21 / 2023-01-05.

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

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Source SHA-256: 306cae1a63bc4baa74420ef4933744eefe1b6a7002625938fdf8b9d664bd98d7

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title: Suspicious Creation with Colorcpl
id: e15b518d-b4ce-4410-a9cd-501f23ce4a18
status: test
description: Once executed, colorcpl.exe will copy the arbitrary file to c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\color\
references:
    - https://twitter.com/eral4m/status/1480468728324231172?s=20
author: frack113
date: 2022-01-21
modified: 2023-01-05
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1564
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: file_event
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\colorcpl.exe'
    filter_ext:
        TargetFilename|endswith:
            - '.icm'
            - '.gmmp'
            - '.cdmp'
            - '.camp'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

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  • Unknown

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