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Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE

Detects the execution of "ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE", a binary part of Windows Defender used to manage settings in Windows Defender. Users can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads. It can be abused by attackers in order to upload or download files.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1567

exfiltration

Detection Query

selection_img:
  - CommandLine|contains: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
  - Image|endswith: \ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
  - OriginalFileName: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
selection_url:
  CommandLine|contains:
    - ftp://
    - http://
    - https://
condition: all of selection_*

Author

frack113

Created

2021-11-26

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/ConfigSecurityPolicy/

Tags

attack.exfiltrationattack.t1567

Raw Content

title: Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE
id: 1f0f6176-6482-4027-b151-00071af39d7e
status: test
description: |
    Detects the execution of "ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE", a binary part of Windows Defender used to manage settings in Windows Defender.
    Users can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads.
    It can be abused by attackers in order to upload or download files.
references:
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/ConfigSecurityPolicy/
author: frack113
date: 2021-11-26
modified: 2022-05-16
tags:
    - attack.exfiltration
    - attack.t1567
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - CommandLine|contains: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
        - Image|endswith: '\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe'
    selection_url:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'ftp://'
            - 'http://'
            - 'https://'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium