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Active Rule
Outbound Network Connection Initiated By Cmstp.EXE
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Outbound Network Connection Initiated By Cmstp.EXE
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Outbound Network Connection Initiated By Cmstp.EXE
id: efafe0bf-4238-479e-af8f-797bd3490d2d
status: test
description: |
Detects a network connection initiated by Cmstp.EXE
Its uncommon for "cmstp.exe" to initiate an outbound network connection. Investigate the source of such requests to determine if they are malicious.
references:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190720093911/http://www.endurant.io/cmstp/detecting-cmstp-enabled-code-execution-and-uac-bypass-with-sysmon/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-30
modified: 2024-05-31
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.t1218.003
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith: '\cmstp.exe'
Initiated: 'true'
filter_main_local_ranges:
DestinationIp|cidr:
- '127.0.0.0/8'
- '10.0.0.0/8'
- '172.16.0.0/12'
- '192.168.0.0/16'
- '169.254.0.0/16'
- '::1/128' # IPv6 loopback
- 'fe80::/10' # IPv6 link-local addresses
- 'fc00::/7' # IPv6 private addresses
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
# Note: Please report any false positive seen in the wild to help tune the rule.
level: high
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/network_connection/net_connection_win_cmstp_initiated_connection.yml