Query: rule covering Detects enabling or disabling of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) using alternate methods such as WMIC or PowerShell. In Po
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects enabling or disabling of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) using alternate methods such as WMIC or PowerShell. In Po. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: RDP Enable or Disable via Win32_TerminalServiceSetting WMI Class id: 4b8f6d3a-9c5e-4f2a-a7d8-6b9c3e5f2a8d related: - id: a2863fbc-d5cb-48d5-83fb-d976d4b1743b type: similar status: experimental description: 'Detects enabling or disabling of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) using alternate methods such as WMIC or PowerShell. In PowerShell one-liner commands, the "SetAllowTSConnections" method of the "Win32_TerminalServiceSetting" class may be used to enable or disable RDP. In WMIC, the "rdtoggle" alias or "Win32_TerminalServiceSetting" class may be used for the same purpose. ' references: - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_gb/research/22/e/uncovering-a-kingminer-botnet-attack-using-trend-micro-managed-x.html - https://github.com/HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks/blob/72f20a3fa26775b932bd819f1824c6377802a768/src/windows-hardening/basic-cmd-for-pentesters.md#firewall - https://github.com/Lifailon/RSA/blob/rsa/Sources/RSA-1.4.1.ps1#L1468 author: Daniel Koifman (KoifSec), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2025-11-15 tags: - attack.lateral-movement - attack.t1021.001 - attack.execution - attack.t1047 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: - \wmic.exe - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - OriginalFileName: - wmic.exe - PowerShell.EXE - pwsh.dll selection_cli_method: CommandLine|contains: - rdtoggle - Win32_TerminalServiceSetting selection_cli_property: CommandLine|contains: SetAllowTSConnections condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Legitimate system administrators enabling RDP for remote support - System configuration scripts during deployment level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the execution of "Ldifde.exe" with the import flag "-i". The can be abused to include HTTP-based arguments which. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Import LDAP Data Interchange Format File Via Ldifde.EXE id: 6f535e01-ca1f-40be-ab8d-45b19c0c8b7f status: test description: 'Detects the execution of "Ldifde.exe" with the import flag "-i". The can be abused to include HTTP-based arguments which will allow the arbitrary download of files from a remote server. ' references: - https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1564968845726580736 - https://strontic.github.io/xcyclopedia/library/ldifde.exe-979DE101F5059CEC1D2C56967CA2BAC0.html - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-r2-and-2012/cc731033(v=ws.11) author: '@gott_cyber' date: 2022-09-02 modified: 2023-03-14 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.stealth - attack.t1218 - attack.t1105 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \ldifde.exe - OriginalFileName: ldifde.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains|all: - -i - -f condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Since the content of the files are unknown, false positives are expected level: medium