Detectionmediumtest

Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution

Detects child processes of Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe that can be used to execute any other binary

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Tue Jan 11Updated Tue Apr 11a20391f8-76fb-437b-abc0-dba2df1952c6windows

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:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe'
    condition: selection

False Positives

Legitimate use by developers as part of NodeJS development with Visual Studio Tools

References

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

Techniques

Related Rules

Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Renamed Execution

Detects renamed execution of "Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe", which can be abused as a LOLBIN to execute arbitrary binaries

Detects similar activity. Both rules may fire on overlapping events.

Rule Metadata

Rule ID

a20391f8-76fb-437b-abc0-dba2df1952c6

Status

test

Level

medium

Type

Detection

Created

Tue Jan 11

Modified

Tue Apr 11

Author

Path

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pressanykey_lolbin_execution.yml

Raw Tags

attack.executionattack.defense-evasionattack.t1218