Query: Sigma YAML for windows / process_creation
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the use of SFTP.exe to execute commands indirectly via ProxyCommand parameter. Threat actors were seen leveragin. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Indirect Command Execution via SFTP ProxyCommand id: 762bb580-79b4-40f4-8b9e-9349ce1710f4 status: experimental description: 'Detects the use of SFTP.exe to execute commands indirectly via ProxyCommand parameter. Threat actors were seen leveraging this legitimate Windows binary to bypass security controls and execute arbitrary commands while evading detection. ' references: - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Sftp/ - https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/05/09/lumma-stealer-coming-and-going/ author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2026-04-27 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1202 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: Image|endswith: \sftp.exe CommandLine|contains: ProxyCommand= condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate use of SFTP with proxy commands for administration or networking tasks level: medium regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_sftp_indirect_cmd_execution/info.yml
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects process access requests to LSASS process with potentially suspicious access flags. Logsource: windows / process_access. Rule: title: Potentially Suspicious GrantedAccess Flags On LSASS id: a18dd26b-6450-46de-8c91-9659150cf088 related: - id: 32d0d3e2-e58d-4d41-926b-18b520b2b32d type: similar status: test description: Detects process access requests to LSASS process with potentially suspicious access flags references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/process-security-and-access-rights - https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=D026B4699190F1E6!2843&ithint=file%2cpptx&app=PowerPoint&authkey=!AMvCRTKB_V1J5ow - https://web.archive.org/web/20230208123920/https://cyberwardog.blogspot.com/2017/03/chronicles-of-threat-hunter-hunting-for_22.html - https://www.slideshare.net/heirhabarov/hunting-for-credentials-dumping-in-windows-environment - https://web.archive.org/web/20230420013146/http://security-research.dyndns.org/pub/slides/FIRST2017/FIRST-2017_Tom-Ueltschi_Sysmon_FINAL_notes.pdf author: Florian Roth, Roberto Rodriguez, Dimitrios Slamaris, Mark Russinovich, Thomas Patzke, Teymur Kheirkhabarov, Sherif Eldeeb, James Dickenson, Aleksey Potapov, oscd.community date: 2021-11-22 modified: 2026-06-29 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.t1003.001 - attack.s0002 logsource: category: process_access product: windows detection: selection_target: TargetImage|endswith: \lsass.exe selection_access: - GrantedAccess|endswith: - '30' - '50' - '70' - '90' - B0 - D0 - F0 - '18' - '38' - '58' - '78' - '98' - B8 - D8 - F8 - 1A - 3A - 5A - 7A - 9A - BA - DA - FA - '0x14C2' - GrantedAccess|startswith: - '0x100000' - '0x1418' - '0x1438' - '0x143a' - '0x1f0fff' - '0x1f1fff' - '0x1f2fff' - '0x1f3fff' - '0x40' filter_main_generic: SourceImage|contains: - :\Program Files (x86)\ - :\Program Files\ - :\Windows\System32\ - :\Windows\SysWOW64\ filter_optional_malwarebytes: SourceImage|endswith: :\ProgramData\MALWAREBYTES\MBAMSERVICE\ctlrupdate\mbupdatr.exe filter_optional_vscode: SourceImage|endswith: \AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe filter_main_windefend_1: SourceImage|contains: :\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\ SourceImage|endswith: \MsMpEng.exe filter_main_windefend_2: CallTrace|contains|all: - '|?:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Definition Updates\{' - '}\mpengine.dll+' GrantedAccess: '0x1418' filter_main_windefend_3: CallTrace|contains: - '|c:\program files\windows defender\mprtp.dll' - '|c:\program files\windows defender\MpClient.dll' filter_optional_vmwaretools: SourceImage|contains: :\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Tools\ SourceImage|endswith: \