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Active Rule
Network Connection Initiated By IMEWDBLD.EXE
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Network Connection Initiated By IMEWDBLD.EXE
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Network Connection Initiated By IMEWDBLD.EXE
id: 8d7e392e-9b28-49e1-831d-5949c6281228
related:
- id: 863218bd-c7d0-4c52-80cd-0a96c09f54af
type: derived
status: test
description: |
Detects a network connection initiated by IMEWDBLD.EXE. This might indicate potential abuse of the utility as a LOLBIN in order to download arbitrary files or additional payloads.
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1105/T1105.md#atomic-test-10---windows---powershell-download
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/IMEWDBLD/
author: frack113
date: 2022-01-22
modified: 2023-11-09
tags:
- attack.command-and-control
- attack.t1105
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Initiated: 'true'
Image|endswith: '\IMEWDBLD.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
# Note: Please reduce this to medium if you find legitimate connections
level: high
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/network_connection/net_connection_win_imewdbld.yml