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Indexed Rules

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CLI Versions

10

Newest: 2.0.2

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Active Rule

Potential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE

Target Profile

Splunk

Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries

Format Mode

Default

Plain SPL queries

Conversion Output

Potential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE

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: Potential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE
id: ac1c92b4-ac81-405a-9978-4604d78cc47e
status: test
description: Detects execution of "VSDiagnostics.exe" with the "start" command in order to launch and proxy arbitrary binaries.
references:
    - https://twitter.com/0xBoku/status/1679200664013135872
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-08-03
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\VSDiagnostics.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'VSDiagnostics.exe'
    selection_cli_start:
        CommandLine|contains: 'start'
    selection_cli_launch:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' /launch:'
            - ' -launch:'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate usage for tracing and diagnostics purposes
level: medium

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_vsdiagnostics_execution_proxy.yml