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Active Rule
Suspicious TSCON Start as SYSTEM
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Suspicious TSCON Start as SYSTEM
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
Translation controls
Adjust the rule on the left, then regenerate when you want a fresh backend-native query.
BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Suspicious TSCON Start as SYSTEM
id: 9847f263-4a81-424f-970c-875dab15b79b
status: test
description: Detects a tscon.exe start as LOCAL SYSTEM
references:
- http://www.korznikov.com/2017/03/0-day-or-feature-privilege-escalation.html
- https://medium.com/@networksecurity/rdp-hijacking-how-to-hijack-rds-and-remoteapp-sessions-transparently-to-move-through-an-da2a1e73a5f6
- https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/lateral-movement/t1076-rdp-hijacking-for-lateral-movement
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2018-03-17
modified: 2022-05-27
tags:
- attack.command-and-control
- attack.t1219.002
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
User|contains: # covers many language settings
- 'AUTHORI'
- 'AUTORI'
Image|endswith: '\tscon.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_tscon_localsystem.yml