Query: Sigma rule for Detects suspicious child processes of "provlaunch.exe" which might indicate potential abuse to proxy execution.
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects suspicious child processes of "provlaunch.exe" which might indicate potential abuse to proxy execution.. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Suspicious Provlaunch.EXE Child Process id: f9999590-1f94-4a34-a91e-951e47bedefd related: - id: 7f5d1c9a-3e83-48df-95a7-2b98aae6c13c type: similar - id: 2a4b3e61-9d22-4e4a-b60f-6e8f0cde6f25 type: similar - id: 7021255e-5db3-4946-a8b9-0ba7a4644a69 type: similar status: test description: Detects suspicious child processes of "provlaunch.exe" which might indicate potential abuse to proxy execution. references: - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Provlaunch/ - https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1674399582162153472 author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-08-08 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1218 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_parent: ParentImage|endswith: \provlaunch.exe selection_child: - Image|endswith: - \calc.exe - \cmd.exe - \cscript.exe - \mshta.exe - \notepad.exe - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - \regsvr32.exe - \rundll32.exe - \wscript.exe - Image|contains: - :\PerfLogs\ - :\Temp\ - :\Users\Public\ - \AppData\Temp\ - \Windows\System32\Tasks\ - \Windows\Tasks\ - \Windows\Temp\ condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects binaries that use the same name as legitimate sysinternals tools to evade detection. This rule looks for the exe. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Potential Binary Impersonating Sysinternals Tools id: 7cce6fc8-a07f-4d84-a53e-96e1879843c9 status: test description: 'Detects binaries that use the same name as legitimate sysinternals tools to evade detection. This rule looks for the execution of binaries that are named similarly to Sysinternals tools. Adversary may rename their malicious tools as legitimate Sysinternals tools to evade detection. ' references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite author: frack113, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2021-12-20 modified: 2025-04-12 tags: - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1218 - attack.t1202 - attack.t1036.005 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_exe: Image|endswith: - \accesschk.exe - \accesschk64.exe - \AccessEnum.exe - \ADExplorer.exe - \ADExplorer64.exe - \ADInsight.exe - \ADInsight64.exe - \adrestore.exe - \adrestore64.exe - \Autologon.exe - \Autologon64.exe - \Autoruns.exe - \Autoruns64.exe - \autorunsc.exe - \autorunsc64.exe - \Bginfo.exe - \Bginfo64.exe - \Cacheset.exe - \Cacheset64.exe - \Clockres.exe - \Clockres64.exe - \Contig.exe - \Contig64.exe - \Coreinfo.exe - \Coreinfo64.exe - \CPUSTRES.EXE - \CPUSTRES64.EXE - \ctrl2cap.exe - \Dbgview.exe - \dbgview64.exe - \Desktops.exe - \Desktops64.exe - \disk2vhd.exe - \disk2vhd64.exe - \diskext.exe - \diskext64.exe - \Diskmon.exe - \Diskmon64.exe - \DiskView.exe - \DiskView64.exe - \du.exe - \du64.exe - \efsdump.exe - \FindLinks.exe - \FindLinks64.exe - \handle.exe - \handle64.exe - \hex2dec.exe - \hex2dec64.exe - \junction.exe - \junction64.exe - \ldmdump.exe - \listdlls.exe - \listdlls64.exe - \livekd.exe - \livekd64.exe - \loadOrd.exe - \loadOrd64.exe - \loadOrdC.exe - \loadOrdC64.exe - \logonsessions.exe - \logonsessions64.exe - \movefile.exe - \movefile64.exe - \notmyfault.exe - \notmyfault64.exe - \notmyfaultc.exe - \notmyfaultc64.exe - \ntfsinfo.exe - \ntfsinfo64.exe - \pendmoves.exe - \pendmoves64.exe - \pipelist.exe - \pipelist64.exe - \portmon.exe - \procdump.exe - \procdump64.exe - \procexp.exe - \procexp64.exe - \Procmon.exe - \Procmon64.exe - \psExec.exe - \psExec64.exe - \psfile.exe - \psfile64.exe - \psGetsid.exe - \psGetsid64.exe - \psInfo.exe - \psInfo64.exe - \pskill.exe - \pskill64.exe - \pslist.exe - \pslist64.exe - \psLoggedon.exe - \psLoggedon64.exe - \psloglist.exe - \psloglist64.exe - \pspasswd.exe - \pspasswd64.exe - \psping.exe - \psping64.exe - \psService.exe - \p