Rule Library

Sigma Rules

2,839 rules found

3,731Total
3,132Detection
457Emerging
139Hunting
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

InstallerFileTakeOver LPE CVE-2021-41379 File Create Event

Detects signs of the exploitation of LPE CVE-2021-41379 that include an msiexec process that creates an elevation_service.exe file

WindowsFile Event
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Mon Nov 222021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

Potential CVE-2021-41379 Exploitation Attempt

Detects potential exploitation attempts of CVE-2021-41379 (InstallerFileTakeOver), a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability where the attacker spawns a "cmd.exe" process as a child of Microsoft Edge elevation service "elevation_service" with "LOCAL_SYSTEM" rights

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Mon Nov 222021
Emerging Threathightest

LPE InstallerFileTakeOver PoC CVE-2021-41379

Detects PoC tool used to exploit LPE vulnerability CVE-2021-41379

Windowsapplication
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Mon Nov 222021
Emerging Threatmediumtest

Potential CVE-2021-42278 Exploitation Attempt

The attacker creates a computer object using those permissions with a password known to her. After that she clears the attribute ServicePrincipalName on the computer object. Because she created the object (CREATOR OWNER), she gets granted additional permissions and can do many changes to the object.

Windowssystem
François HubautWed Dec 152021
Emerging Threathightest

Suspicious Computer Account Name Change CVE-2021-42287

Detects the renaming of an existing computer account to a account name that doesn't contain a $ symbol as seen in attacks against CVE-2021-42287

Windowssecurity
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Dec 222021
Emerging Threatmediumtest

Potential CVE-2021-42287 Exploitation Attempt

The attacker creates a computer object using those permissions with a password known to her. After that she clears the attribute ServicePrincipalName on the computer object. Because she created the object (CREATOR OWNER), she gets granted additional permissions and can do many changes to the object.

Windowssystem
François HubautWed Dec 152021
Emerging Threathightest

Possible Exploitation of Exchange RCE CVE-2021-42321

Detects log entries that appear in exploitation attempts against MS Exchange RCE CVE-2021-42321

Windowsmsexchange-management
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Thu Nov 182021
Emerging Threathightest

CVE-2021-44077 POC Default Dropped File

Detects the creation of "msiexec.exe" in the "bin" directory of the ManageEngine SupportCenter Plus (Related to CVE-2021-44077) and public POC available (See references section)

WindowsFile Event
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon Jun 062021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential CVE-2021-44228 Exploitation Attempt - VMware Horizon

Detects potential initial exploitation attempts against VMware Horizon deployments running a vulnerable versions of Log4j.

WindowsProcess Creation
kostastsaleFri Jan 142021
Emerging Threathightest

Suspicious RazerInstaller Explorer Subprocess

Detects a explorer.exe sub process of the RazerInstaller software which can be invoked from the installer to select a different installation folder but can also be exploited to escalate privileges to LOCAL SYSTEM

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+1Mon Aug 232021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

Potential SystemNightmare Exploitation Attempt

Detects an exploitation attempt of SystemNightmare in order to obtain a shell as LOCAL_SYSTEM

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Aug 112021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential BlackByte Ransomware Activity

Detects command line patterns used by BlackByte ransomware in different operations

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Fri Feb 252021
Emerging Threathightest

Blackbyte Ransomware Registry

Detects specific windows registry modifications made by BlackByte ransomware variants. BlackByte set three different registry values to escalate privileges and begin setting the stage for lateral movement and encryption. This rule triggers when any of the following registry keys are set to DWORD 1, however all three should be investigated as part of a larger BlackByte ransomware detection and response effort.

WindowsRegistry Set
François HubautMon Jan 242021
Emerging Threathightest

Conti Volume Shadow Listing

Detects a command used by conti to find volume shadow backups

WindowsProcess Creation
Max Altgelt (Nextron Systems)+1Mon Aug 092021
Emerging Threathightest

Conti NTDS Exfiltration Command

Detects a command used by conti to exfiltrate NTDS

WindowsProcess Creation
Max Altgelt (Nextron Systems)+1Mon Aug 092021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

Potential Conti Ransomware Activity

Detects a specific command used by the Conti ransomware group

WindowsProcess Creation
François HubautTue Oct 122021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential Conti Ransomware Database Dumping Activity Via SQLCmd

Detects a command used by conti to dump database

WindowsProcess Creation
François HubautMon Aug 162021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

DarkSide Ransomware Pattern

Detects DarkSide Ransomware and helpers

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Fri May 142021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential Devil Bait Related Indicator

Detects the creation of ".xml" and ".txt" files in folders of the "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft" directory by uncommon processes. This behavior was seen common across different Devil Bait samples and stages as described by the NCSC

WindowsFile Event
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon May 152021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential Devil Bait Malware Reconnaissance

Detects specific process behavior observed with Devil Bait samples

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Mon May 152021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

FoggyWeb Backdoor DLL Loading

Detects DLL hijacking technique used by NOBELIUM in their FoggyWeb backdoor. Which loads a malicious version of the expected "version.dll" dll

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Mon Sep 272021
Emerging Threathightest

Goofy Guineapig Backdoor IOC

Detects malicious indicators seen used by the Goofy Guineapig malware

WindowsFile Event
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Sun May 142021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential Goofy Guineapig Backdoor Activity

Detects a specific broken command that was used by Goofy-Guineapig as described by the NCSC report.

WindowsProcess Creation
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Sun May 142021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential Goofy Guineapig GoolgeUpdate Process Anomaly

Detects "GoogleUpdate.exe" spawning a new instance of itself in an uncommon location as seen used by the Goofy Guineapig backdoor

WindowsProcess Creation
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)+1Mon May 152021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

Goofy Guineapig Backdoor Service Creation

Detects service creation persistence used by the Goofy Guineapig backdoor

Windowssystem
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon May 152021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

Moriya Rootkit File Created

Detects the creation of a file named "MoriyaStreamWatchmen.sys" in a specific location. This filename was reported to be related to the Moriya rootkit as described in the securelist's Operation TunnelSnake report.

WindowsFile Event
Bhabesh RajThu May 062021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential NetWire RAT Activity - Registry

Detects registry keys related to NetWire RAT

WindowsRegistry Add
Christopher PeacockThu Oct 072021
Emerging Threathightest

Pingback Backdoor File Indicators

Detects the use of Pingback backdoor that creates ICMP tunnel for C2 as described in the trustwave report

WindowsFile Event
Bhabesh RajWed May 052021
Emerging Threathightest

Pingback Backdoor DLL Loading Activity

Detects the use of Pingback backdoor that creates ICMP tunnel for C2 as described in the trustwave report

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
Bhabesh RajWed May 052021
Emerging Threathightest

Pingback Backdoor Activity

Detects the use of Pingback backdoor that creates ICMP tunnel for C2 as described in the trustwave report

WindowsProcess Creation
Bhabesh RajWed May 052021
Emerging Threathightest

Small Sieve Malware File Indicator Creation

Detects filename indicators that contain a specific typo seen used by the Small Sieve malware.

WindowsFile Event
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Fri May 192021
Emerging Threathightest

Small Sieve Malware CommandLine Indicator

Detects specific command line argument being passed to a binary as seen being used by the malware Small Sieve.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri May 192021
Emerging Threathightest

Small Sieve Malware Registry Persistence

Detects registry value with specific intentional typo and strings seen used by the Small Sieve malware

WindowsRegistry Set
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri May 192021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

HAFNIUM Exchange Exploitation Activity

Detects activity observed by different researchers to be HAFNIUM group activity (or related) on Exchange servers

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Tue Mar 092021
Emerging Threatcriticaltest

REvil Kaseya Incident Malware Patterns

Detects process command line patterns and locations used by REvil group in Kaseya incident (can also match on other malware)

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Sat Jul 032021
Emerging Threathightest

APT PRIVATELOG Image Load Pattern

Detects an image load pattern as seen when a tool named PRIVATELOG is used and rarely observed under legitimate circumstances

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Tue Sep 072021
Emerging Threathightest

SOURGUM Actor Behaviours

Suspicious behaviours related to an actor tracked by Microsoft as SOURGUM

WindowsProcess Creation
MSTIC+1Tue Jun 152021
Emerging Threathightest

Potential CVE-2023-21554 QueueJumper Exploitation

Detects potential exploitation of CVE-2023-21554 (dubbed QueueJumper)

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Apr 122022
Emerging Threatlowtest

Potential Exploitation of CVE-2022-21919 or CVE-2021-34484 for LPE

Detects potential exploitation attempts of CVE-2022-21919 or CVE-2021-34484 leading to local privilege escalation via the User Profile Service. During exploitation of this vulnerability, two logs (Provider_Name: Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service) with EventID 1511 and 1515 are created (EventID 1515 may generate many false positives). Additionally, the directory \Users\TEMP may be created during exploitation. This behavior was observed on Windows Server 2008.

Windowsapplication
CybexTue Aug 162022
Emerging Threatmediumtest

Potential CVE-2022-22954 Exploitation Attempt - VMware Workspace ONE Access Remote Code Execution

Detects potential exploitation attempt of CVE-2022-22954, a remote code execution vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager. As reported by Morphisec, part of the attack chain, threat actors used PowerShell commands that executed as a child processes of the legitimate Tomcat "prunsrv.exe" process application.

WindowsProcess Creation
kostastsaleMon Apr 252022
Emerging Threathightest

CVE-2022-24527 Microsoft Connected Cache LPE

Detects files created during the local privilege exploitation of CVE-2022-24527 Microsoft Connected Cache

WindowsFile Event
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Apr 132022
Emerging Threathightest

Potential CVE-2022-26809 Exploitation Attempt

Detects suspicious remote procedure call (RPC) service anomalies based on the spawned sub processes (long shot to detect the exploitation of vulnerabilities like CVE-2022-26809)

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Apr 132022
Emerging Threathightest

Potential CVE-2022-29072 Exploitation Attempt

Detects potential exploitation attempts of CVE-2022-29072, a 7-Zip privilege escalation and command execution vulnerability. 7-Zip version 21.07 and earlier on Windows allows privilege escalation (CVE-2022-29072) and command execution when a file with the .7z extension is dragged to the Help>Contents area. This is caused by misconfiguration of 7z.dll and a heap overflow. The command runs in a child process under the 7zFM.exe process.

WindowsProcess Creation
François HubautSun Apr 172022
Emerging Threatmediumtest

Suspicious Set Value of MSDT in Registry (CVE-2022-30190)

Detects set value ms-msdt MSProtocol URI scheme in Registry that could be an attempt to exploit CVE-2022-30190.

WindowsRegistry Set
Sittikorn SSun May 312022
Emerging Threathightest

Potential KDC RC4-HMAC Downgrade Exploit - CVE-2022-37966

Detects the exploitation of a security bypass and elevation of privilege vulnerability with Authentication Negotiation by using weak RC4-HMAC negotiation

Windowssystem
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Nov 092022
Emerging Threathightest

Suspicious Sysmon as Execution Parent

Detects suspicious process executions in which Sysmon itself is the parent of a process, which could be a sign of exploitation (e.g. CVE-2022-41120)

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+1Thu Nov 102022
Emerging Threathightest

BlueSky Ransomware Artefacts

Detect access to files and shares with names and extensions used by BlueSky ransomware which could indicate a current or previous encryption attempt.

Windowssecurity
j4sonTue May 232022
Emerging Threathightest

Potential Bumblebee Remote Thread Creation

Detects remote thread injection events based on action seen used by bumblebee

WindowsRemote Thread Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Sep 272022