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Suspicious Use of PsLogList
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
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Conversion Output
Suspicious Use of PsLogList
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Suspicious Use of PsLogList
id: aae1243f-d8af-40d8-ab20-33fc6d0c55bc
status: test
description: Detects usage of the PsLogList utility to dump event log in order to extract admin accounts and perform account discovery or delete events logs
references:
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/01/12/abusing-cloud-services-to-fly-under-the-radar/
- https://www.cybereason.com/blog/deadringer-exposing-chinese-threat-actors-targeting-major-telcos
- https://github.com/3CORESec/MAL-CL/tree/master/Descriptors/Sysinternals/PsLogList
- https://twitter.com/EricaZelic/status/1614075109827874817
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-12-18
modified: 2024-03-05
tags:
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1087
- attack.t1087.001
- attack.t1087.002
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- OriginalFileName: 'psloglist.exe'
- Image|endswith:
- '\psloglist.exe'
- '\psloglist64.exe'
selection_cli_eventlog:
CommandLine|contains:
- ' security'
- ' application'
- ' system'
selection_cli_flags:
CommandLine|contains|windash:
- ' -d'
- ' -x'
- ' -s'
- ' -c' # Clear event log after displaying
- ' -g' # Export an event log as an evt file.
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Another tool that uses the command line switches of PsLogList
- Legitimate use of PsLogList by an administrator
level: medium
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sysinternals_psloglist.yml