Sigma Rules
1,487 rules found for "execution"
Lace Tempest PowerShell Launcher
Detects a PowerShell script used by Lace Tempest APT to launch their malware loader by exploiting CVE-2023-47246 as reported by SysAid Team
Lace Tempest Cobalt Strike Download
Detects specific command line execution used by Lace Tempest to download Cobalt Strike as reported by SysAid Team
Lace Tempest Malware Loader Execution
Detects execution of a specific binary based on filename and hash used by Lace Tempest to load additional malware as reported by SysAid Team
Mint Sandstorm - AsperaFaspex Suspicious Process Execution
Detects suspicious execution from AsperaFaspex as seen used by Mint Sandstorm
Mint Sandstorm - Log4J Wstomcat Process Execution
Detects Log4J Wstomcat process execution as seen in Mint Sandstorm activity
Mint Sandstorm - ManageEngine Suspicious Process Execution
Detects suspicious execution from ManageEngine as seen used by Mint Sandstorm
Potential APT Mustang Panda Activity Against Australian Gov
Detects specific command line execution used by Mustang Panda in a targeted attack against the Australian government as reported by Lab52
Onyx Sleet APT File Creation Indicators
Detects file creation activity that is related to Onyx Sleet APT activity
PaperCut MF/NG Exploitation Related Indicators
Detects exploitation indicators related to PaperCut MF/NG Exploitation
PaperCut MF/NG Potential Exploitation
Detects suspicious child processes of "pc-app.exe". Which could indicate potential exploitation of PaperCut
Peach Sandstorm APT Process Activity Indicators
Detects process creation activity related to Peach Sandstorm APT
UNC4841 - Email Exfiltration File Pattern
Detects filename pattern of email related data used by UNC4841 for staging and exfiltration
UNC4841 - Barracuda ESG Exploitation Indicators
Detects file indicators as seen used by UNC4841 during their Barracuda ESG zero day exploitation.
UNC4841 - SSL Certificate Exfiltration Via Openssl
Detects the execution of "openssl" to connect to an IP address. This techniques was used by UNC4841 to exfiltrate SSL certificates and as a C2 channel with named pipes. Investigate commands executed in the temporal vicinity of this command.
UNC4841 - Download Compressed Files From Temp.sh Using Wget
Detects execution of "wget" to download a ".zip" or ".rar" files from "temp.sh". As seen used by UNC4841 during their Barracuda ESG zero day exploitation.
UNC4841 - Download Tar File From Untrusted Direct IP Via Wget
Detects execution of "wget" to download a "tar" from an IP address that doesn't have a trusted certificate. As seen used by UNC4841 during their Barracuda ESG zero day exploitation.
UNC4841 - Potential SEASPY Execution
Detects execution of specific named binaries which were used by UNC4841 to deploy their SEASPY backdoor
Potential Exploitation of CVE-2024-3094 - Suspicious SSH Child Process
Detects potentially suspicious child process of SSH process (sshd) with a specific execution user. This could be a sign of potential exploitation of CVE-2024-3094.
Potential CVE-2024-3400 Exploitation - Palo Alto GlobalProtect OS Command Injection - File Creation
Detects suspicious file creations in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS' parent telemetry folder, which are processed by the vulnerable 'dt_curl' script if device telemetry is enabled. As said script overrides the shell-subprocess restriction, arbitrary command execution may occur by carefully crafting filenames that are escaped through this function.
Potential Exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 - Suspicious Creation Of ESX Admins Group
Detects execution of the "net.exe" command in order to add a group named "ESX Admins". This could indicates a potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2024-37085, which allows an attacker to elevate their privileges to full administrative access on an domain-joined ESXi hypervisor. VMware ESXi hypervisors joined to an Active Directory domain consider any member of a domain group named "ESX Admins" to have full administrative access by default.
Potential Exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 - Suspicious ESX Admins Group Activity
Detects any creation or modification to a windows domain group with the name "ESX Admins". This could indicates a potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2024-37085, which allows an attacker to elevate their privileges to full administrative access on an domain-joined ESXi hypervisor. VMware ESXi hypervisors joined to an Active Directory domain consider any member of a domain group named "ESX Admins" to have full administrative access by default.
CVE-2024-50623 Exploitation Attempt - Cleo
Detects exploitation attempt of Cleo's CVE-2024-50623 by looking for a "cmd.exe" process spawning from the Celo software suite with suspicious Powershell commandline.
DarkGate - Drop DarkGate Loader In C:\Temp Directory
Detects attackers attempting to save, decrypt and execute the DarkGate Loader in C:\temp folder.
File Creation Related To RAT Clients
File .conf created related to VenomRAT, AsyncRAT and Lummac samples observed in the wild.
Potential KamiKakaBot Activity - Lure Document Execution
Detects the execution of a Word document via the WinWord Start Menu shortcut. This behavior was observed being used by KamiKakaBot samples in order to initiate the 2nd stage of the infection.
Kapeka Backdoor Loaded Via Rundll32.EXE
Detects the Kapeka Backdoor binary being loaded by rundll32.exe. The Kapeka loader drops a backdoor, which is a DLL with the '.wll' extension masquerading as a Microsoft Word Add-In.
Kapeka Backdoor Persistence Activity
Detects Kapeka backdoor persistence activity. Depending on the process privileges, the Kapeka dropper then sets persistence for the backdoor either as a scheduled task (if admin or SYSTEM) or autorun registry (if not). For the scheduled task, it creates a scheduled task called "Sens Api" via schtasks command, which is set to run upon system startup as SYSTEM. To establish persistence through the autorun utility, it adds an autorun entry called "Sens Api" under HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run via the "reg add" command. Both persistence mechanisms are set to launch the binary by calling rundll32 and passing the backdoor's first export ordinal (#1) without any additional argument.
Kapeka Backdoor Execution Via RunDLL32.EXE
Detects Kapeka backdoor process execution pattern, where the dropper launch the backdoor binary by calling rundll32 and passing the backdoor's first export ordinal (#1) with a "-d" argument.
Kapeka Backdoor Scheduled Task Creation
Detects Kapeka backdoor scheduled task creation based on attributes such as paths, commands line flags, etc.
Lummac Stealer Activity - Execution Of More.com And Vbc.exe
Detects the execution of more.com and vbc.exe in the process tree. This behavior was observed by a set of samples related to Lummac Stealer. The Lummac payload is injected into the vbc.exe process.
Potential Raspberry Robin CPL Execution Activity
Detects the execution of a ".CPL" file located in the user temp directory via the Shell32 DLL "Control_RunDLL" export function. This behavior was observed in multiple Raspberry-Robin variants.
Potential APT FIN7 Exploitation Activity
Detects potential APT FIN7 exploitation activity as reported by Google. In order to obtain initial access, FIN7 used compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials to login to a target server and initiate specific Windows process chains.
Forest Blizzard APT - Process Creation Activity
Detects the execution of specific processes and command line combination. These were seen being created by Forest Blizzard as described by MSFT.
Potential Exploitation of GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability
Detects suspicious command execution by child processes of the GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) application, which may indicate exploitation such as CVE-2025-10035. This behavior is indicative of post-exploitation activity related to CVE-2025-10035, as observed in campaigns by the threat actor Storm-1175.
Suspicious Process Spawned by CentreStack Portal AppPool
Detects unexpected command shell execution (cmd.exe) from w3wp.exe when tied to CentreStack's portal.config, indicating potential exploitation (e.g., CVE-2025-30406)
Suspicious CrushFTP Child Process
Detects suspicious child processes spawned by the CrushFTP service that may indicate exploitation of remote code execution vulnerabilities such as CVE-2025-31161, where attackers can achieve RCE through crafted HTTP requests. The detection focuses on commonly abused Windows executables (like powershell.exe, cmd.exe etc.) that attackers typically use post-exploitation to execute malicious commands.
Potential SAP NetWeaver Webshell Creation - Linux
Detects the creation of suspicious files (jsp, java, class) in SAP NetWeaver directories, which may indicate exploitation attempts of vulnerabilities such as CVE-2025-31324.
Potential SAP NetWeaver Webshell Creation
Detects the creation of suspicious files (jsp, java, class) in SAP NetWeaver directories, which may indicate exploitation attempts of vulnerabilities such as CVE-2025-31324.
Suspicious Child Process of SAP NetWeaver - Linux
Detects suspicious child processes spawned by SAP NetWeaver on Linux systems that could indicate potential exploitation of vulnerability that allows arbitrary execution via webshells such as CVE-2025-31324.
Suspicious Child Process of SAP NetWeaver
Detects suspicious child processes spawned by SAP NetWeaver that could indicate potential exploitation of vulnerability that allows arbitrary execution via webshells such as CVE-2025-31324.
Potential SAP NetViewer Webshell Command Execution
Detects potential command execution via webshell in SAP NetViewer through JSP files with cmd parameter. This rule is created to detect exploitation of vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-31324, which allows remote code execution via a webshell.
Potential Java WebShell Upload in SAP NetViewer Server
Detects potential Java webshell uploads via HTTP requests with Content-Type 'application/octet-stream' and Java file extensions. This behavior might indicate exploitation of vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-31324, which allows remote code execution through webshells in SAP NetViewer.
Non-Standard Nsswitch.Conf Creation - Potential CVE-2025-32463 Exploitation
Detects the creation of nsswitch.conf files in non-standard directories, which may indicate exploitation of CVE-2025-32463. This vulnerability requires an attacker to create a nsswitch.conf in a directory that will be used during sudo chroot operations. When sudo executes, it loads malicious shared libraries from user-controlled locations within the chroot environment, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation.
Potential Exploitation of RCE Vulnerability CVE-2025-33053 - Image Load
Detects potential exploitation of remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2025-33053 by monitoring suspicious image loads from WebDAV paths. The exploit involves malicious executables from attacker-controlled WebDAV servers loading the Windows system DLLs like gdi32.dll, netapi32.dll, etc.
Potential Exploitation of RCE Vulnerability CVE-2025-33053 - Process Access
Detects potential exploitation of remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2025-33053 by looking for process access that involves legitimate Windows executables (iediagcmd.exe, CustomShellHost.exe) accessing suspicious executables hosted on WebDAV shares. This indicates an attacker may be exploiting Process.Start() search order manipulation to execute malicious code from attacker-controlled WebDAV servers instead of legitimate system binaries. The vulnerability allows unauthorized code execution through external control of file names or paths via WebDAV.
Potential Exploitation of RCE Vulnerability CVE-2025-33053
Detects potential exploitation of remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2025-33053 which involves unauthorized code execution via WebDAV through external control of file names or paths. The exploit abuses legitimate utilities like iediagcmd.exe or CustomShellHost.exe by manipulating their working directories to point to attacker-controlled WebDAV servers, causing them to execute malicious executables (like route.exe) from the WebDAV path instead of legitimate system binaries through Process.Start() search order manipulation.
Potential Exploitation of CVE-2025-4427/4428 Ivanti EPMM Pre-Auth RCE
Detects potential exploitation of a chained vulnerability attack targeting Ivanti EPMM 12.5.0.0. CVE-2025-4427 allows unauthenticated access to protected API endpoints via an authentication bypass, which can then be leveraged to trigger CVE-2025-4428 — a remote code execution vulnerability through template injection. This sequence enables unauthenticated remote code execution, significantly increasing the impact of exploitation.
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.