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Add Windows Capability Via PowerShell Cmdlet
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
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Add Windows Capability Via PowerShell Cmdlet
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Add Windows Capability Via PowerShell Cmdlet
id: b36d01a3-ddaf-4804-be18-18a6247adfcd
related:
- id: 155c7fd5-47b4-49b2-bbeb-eb4fab335429
type: similar
status: test
description: Detects usage of the "Add-WindowsCapability" cmdlet to add Windows capabilities. Notable capabilities could be "OpenSSH" and others.
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse?tabs=powershell
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/af1c82237b6e5a3a7cdbad82cc498d298c67845d92971bada450023d1335e267/content
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-01-22
modified: 2023-05-09
tags:
- attack.execution
logsource:
product: windows
category: process_creation
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith:
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
- OriginalFileName:
- 'PowerShell.EXE'
- 'pwsh.dll'
selection_cmdlet:
CommandLine|contains: 'Add-WindowsCapability'
selection_capa:
CommandLine|contains: 'OpenSSH.' # For both "OpenSSH.Server" and "OpenSSH.Client"
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Legitimate usage of the capabilities by administrators or users. Add additional filters accordingly.
level: medium
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_powershell_add_windows_capability.yml