Query: write Sigma for Adversaries may abuse msiexec.exe to proxy execution of malicious payloads. Msiexec.exe is the command-line utility for
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Adversaries may abuse msiexec.exe to proxy execution of malicious payloads. Msiexec.exe is the command-line utility for. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Msiexec Quiet Installation id: 79a87aa6-e4bd-42fc-a5bb-5e6fbdcd62f5 status: test description: 'Adversaries may abuse msiexec.exe to proxy execution of malicious payloads. Msiexec.exe is the command-line utility for the Windows Installer and is thus commonly associated with executing installation packages (.msi) ' references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/msiexec - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1218.007/T1218.007.md - https://twitter.com/_st0pp3r_/status/1583914244344799235 author: frack113 date: 2022-01-16 modified: 2026-07-28 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1218.007 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \msiexec.exe - OriginalFileName: msiexec.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains|windash: - -i - -package - -a - -j selection_quiet: CommandLine|contains|windash: -q filter_main_system_temp: ParentImage|startswith: C:\Windows\Temp\ filter_main_ccm: ParentImage: C:\Windows\CCM\Ccm32BitLauncher.exe IntegrityLevel: - System - S-1-16-16384 filter_optional_user_temp: ParentImage|startswith: C:\Users\ ParentImage|contains: \AppData\Local\Temp\ filter_optional_wsl: ParentImage|endswith: C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe Image|endswith: C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - WindowsApps installing updates via the quiet flag level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects execution of msdt.exe using the "cab" flag which could indicates suspicious diagcab files with embedded answer f. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Suspicious Cabinet File Execution Via Msdt.EXE id: dc4576d4-7467-424f-9eee-fd2b02855fe0 related: - id: 6545ce61-a1bd-4119-b9be-fcbee42c0cf3 type: obsolete status: test description: Detects execution of msdt.exe using the "cab" flag which could indicates suspicious diagcab files with embedded answer files leveraging CVE-2022-30190 references: - https://twitter.com/nas_bench/status/1537896324837781506 - https://github.com/GossiTheDog/ThreatHunting/blob/e85884abbf05d5b41efc809ea6532b10b45bd05c/AdvancedHuntingQueries/DogWalk-DiagCab - https://github.com/elastic/protections-artifacts/commit/746086721fd385d9f5c6647cada1788db4aea95f#diff-9015912909545e72ed42cbac4d1e96295e8964579c406d23fd9c47a8091576a0 - https://irsl.medium.com/the-trouble-with-microsofts-troubleshooters-6e32fc80b8bd author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), GossiTheDog, frack113 date: 2022-06-21 modified: 2024-03-13 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1202 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \msdt.exe - OriginalFileName: msdt.exe selection_cmd: CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -cab ' condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Legitimate usage of ".diagcab" files level: medium