PUA - CleanWipe Execution — Sigma Rule

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Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2021-12-18 / 2023-02-14.

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

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Source SHA-256: 6b388ae8755c42a22936632813aa1a8d8c9741cdc8b96360143a0eb1637bc34b

Detection logic

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title: PUA - CleanWipe Execution
id: f44800ac-38ec-471f-936e-3fa7d9c53100
status: test
description: Detects the use of CleanWipe a tool usually used to delete Symantec antivirus.
references:
    - https://github.com/3CORESec/MAL-CL/tree/master/Descriptors/Other/CleanWipe
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-12-18
modified: 2023-02-14
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1685
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection1:
        Image|endswith: '\SepRemovalToolNative_x64.exe'
    selection2:
        Image|endswith: '\CATClean.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: '--uninstall'
    selection3:
        Image|endswith: '\NetInstaller.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: '-r'
    selection4:
        Image|endswith: '\WFPUnins.exe'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '/uninstall'
            - '/enterprise'
    condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate administrative use (Should be investigated either way)
level: high

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False positives

• Legitimate administrative use (Should be investigated either way)

Source references

• https://github.com/3CORESec/MAL-CL/tree/master/Descriptors/Other/CleanWipe