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Use of UltraVNC Remote Access Software

An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software,to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks

MITRE ATT&CK

T1219.002

command-and-control

Detection Query

selection:
  - Description: VNCViewer
  - Product: UltraVNC VNCViewer
  - Company: UltraVNC
  - OriginalFileName: VNCViewer.exe
condition: selection

Author

frack113

Created

2022-10-02

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/9e5b12c4912c07562aec7500447b11fa3e17e254/atomics/T1219/T1219.md

Tags

attack.command-and-controlattack.t1219.002

Raw Content

title: Use of UltraVNC Remote Access Software
id: 145322e4-0fd3-486b-81ca-9addc75736d8
status: test
description: An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software,to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/9e5b12c4912c07562aec7500447b11fa3e17e254/atomics/T1219/T1219.md
author: frack113
date: 2022-10-02
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.t1219.002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        - Description: VNCViewer
        - Product: UltraVNC VNCViewer
        - Company: UltraVNC
        - OriginalFileName: VNCViewer.exe
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use
level: medium