Detectionmediumtest

Port Forwarding Activity Via SSH.EXE

Detects port forwarding activity via SSH.exe

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Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Wed Oct 12Updated Tue Mar 05327f48c1-a6db-4eb8-875a-f6981f1b0183windows

Log Source

WindowsProcess Creation

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\ssh.exe'
        CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -R '
    condition: selection

False Positives

Administrative activity using a remote port forwarding to a local port

References

MITRE ATT&CK

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Rule Metadata

Rule ID

327f48c1-a6db-4eb8-875a-f6981f1b0183

Status

test

Level

medium

Type

Detection

Created

Wed Oct 12

Modified

Tue Mar 05

Author

Path

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ssh_port_forward.yml

Raw Tags

attack.command-and-controlattack.lateral-movementattack.t1572attack.t1021.001attack.t1021.004