Query: Sigma rule for Detects the execution of a script event consumer. When scrcons.exe launches, it does so in response to the creation of a
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the execution of a script event consumer. When scrcons.exe launches, it does so in response to the creation of a. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: WMI Persistence - Script Event Consumer id: ec1d5e28-8f3b-4188-a6f8-6e8df81dc28e status: test description: 'Detects the execution of a script event consumer. When scrcons.exe launches, it does so in response to the creation of an ActiveScriptEventConsumer instance and will execute registered JScript or VBScript code as a result. Script event consumers are a built-in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class that automatically executes a predefined script (in VBScript or JScript) whenever a specific system event occurs. Adversaries often abuse script event consumers to maintain persistence on a compromised host by executing a malicious script whenever a specific event occurs. ' references: - https://redcanary.com/blog/threat-detection/child-processes/ - https://www.eideon.com/2018-03-02-THL03-WMIBackdoors/ author: Thomas Patzke date: 2018-03-07 modified: 2022-10-11 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.t1546.003 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: Image: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\scrcons.exe ParentImage: C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate event consumers - Dell computers on some versions register an event consumer that is known to cause false positives when brightness is changed by the corresponding keyboard button level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects abusing Azure Browser SSO by requesting OAuth 2.0 refresh tokens for an Azure-AD-authenticated Windows user (i.e. Logsource: windows / image_load. Rule: title: Potential Azure Browser SSO Abuse id: 50f852e6-af22-4c78-9ede-42ef36aa3453 status: test description: 'Detects abusing Azure Browser SSO by requesting OAuth 2.0 refresh tokens for an Azure-AD-authenticated Windows user (i.e. the machine is joined to Azure AD and a user logs in with their Azure AD account) wanting to perform SSO authentication in the browser. An attacker can use this to authenticate to Azure AD in a browser as that user. ' references: - https://posts.specterops.io/requesting-azure-ad-request-tokens-on-azure-ad-joined-machines-for-browser-sso-2b0409caad30 author: Den Iuzvyk date: 2020-07-15 modified: 2023-04-18 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1574.001 logsource: category: image_load product: windows detection: selection: ImageLoaded: C:\Windows\System32\MicrosoftAccountTokenProvider.dll filter_main_bgtaskhost: Image|startswith: - C:\Windows\System32\ - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ Image|endswith: \BackgroundTaskHost.exe filter_optional_devenv: Image|startswith: - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\ - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\ Image|endswith: \IDE\devenv.exe filter_optional_ie: Image: - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe - C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe filter_optional_edge_1: - Image|startswith: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\ - Image|endswith: \WindowsApps\MicrosoftEdge.exe - Image: - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe - C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe filter_optional_edge_2: Image|startswith: - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\ - C:\Program Files\Microsoft\EdgeCore\ Image|endswith: - \msedge.exe - \msedgewebview2.exe filter_optional_onedrive: Image|endswith: \AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe filter_optional_null: Image: null condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - False positives are expected since this rules is only looking for the DLL load event. This rule is better used in correlation with related activity level: low