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Use Of The SFTP.EXE Binary As A LOLBIN
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
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Use Of The SFTP.EXE Binary As A LOLBIN
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Use Of The SFTP.EXE Binary As A LOLBIN
id: a85ffc3a-e8fd-4040-93bf-78aff284d801
status: test
description: Detects the usage of the "sftp.exe" binary as a LOLBIN by abusing the "-D" flag
references:
- https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/pull/264
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-11-10
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.execution
- attack.t1218
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith: '\sftp.exe' # The "sftp.exe" located in the OpenSSH directory has no OriginalFileName :(
CommandLine|contains:
# Since "-D" is a valid flag for other usage we assume the user is going to enter a path
# Either a full one like "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe" or a relative one "..\..\..\Windows\System32\calc.exe"
# In my testing you can't execute direct binaries by their name via this method (if you found a way please update the rule)
- ' -D ..'
- ' -D C:\'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_sftp.yml