Emerging Threatcriticalexperimental

Potential SharePoint ToolShell CVE-2025-53770 Exploitation - File Create

Detects the creation of file such as spinstall0.aspx which may indicate successful exploitation of CVE-2025-53770. CVE-2025-53770 is a zero-day vulnerability in SharePoint that allows remote code execution.

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Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Created Mon Jul 21Updated Thu Jul 24ba479447-721f-42a9-9af2-6dcd517bbdb32025
Emerging Threat
Active Threat

Developed to detect an active or emerging threat. Prioritize investigation of any alerts and correlate with threat intelligence.

Log Source
WindowsFile Event
ProductWindows← raw: windows
CategoryFile Event← raw: file_event

Events for file system activity including creation, modification, and deletion.

Detection Logic
Detection Logic1 selector
detection:
    selection:
        TargetFilename|startswith:
            - 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\'
            - 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\'
        TargetFilename|contains:
            - '\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\'
            - '\16\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\'
        TargetFilename|endswith:
            - '\spinstall.aspx'
            - '\spinstall?.aspx'
            - '\debug_dev.js'
    condition: selection
False Positives
Unknown

False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.

MITRE ATT&CK

Other

cve.2025-53770detection.emerging-threats
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
ba479447-721f-42a9-9af2-6dcd517bbdb3
Status
experimental
Level
critical
Type
Emerging Threat
Created
Mon Jul 21
Modified
Thu Jul 24
Path
rules-emerging-threats/2025/Exploits/CVE-2025-53770/file_event_win_exploit_cve_2025_53770.yml
Raw Tags
attack.initial-accessattack.t1190cve.2025-53770detection.emerging-threats
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