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WinRAR Creating Files in Startup Locations
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
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WinRAR Creating Files in Startup Locations
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: WinRAR Creating Files in Startup Locations
id: 74a2b37d-fea4-41e0-9ac7-c9fbcf1f60cc
status: experimental
description: |
Detects WinRAR creating files in Windows startup locations, which may indicate an attempt to establish persistence by adding malicious files to the Startup folder.
This kind of behaviour has been associated with exploitation of WinRAR path traversal vulnerability CVE-2025-6218 or CVE-2025-8088.
references:
- https://github.com/mulwareX/CVE-2025-6218-POC
- https://x.com/0x534c/status/1944694507787710685
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/update-winrar-tools-now-romcom-and-others-exploiting-zero-day-vulnerability/
author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
date: 2025-07-16
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.persistence
- attack.t1547.001
logsource:
category: file_event
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith:
- '\WinRAR.exe'
- '\Rar.exe'
TargetFilename|contains: '\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/file/file_event/file_event_win_winrar_file_creation_in_startup_folder.yml