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Active Rule
Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution
id: d29a20b2-be4b-4827-81f2-3d8a59eab5fc
status: test
description: |
Detects execution of Sysinternals tools via an AppX package.
Attackers could install the Sysinternals Suite to get access to tools such as psexec and procdump to avoid detection based on System paths.
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/microsoft-store
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-01-16
modified: 2023-09-12
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.execution
logsource:
product: windows
service: appmodel-runtime
detection:
selection:
EventID: 201
ImageName:
- 'procdump.exe'
- 'psloglist.exe'
- 'psexec.exe'
- 'livekd.exe'
- 'ADExplorer.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate usage of sysinternals applications from the Windows Store will trigger this. Apply exclusions as needed.
level: low
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/builtin/appmodel_runtime/win_appmodel_runtime_sysinternals_tools_appx_execution.yml