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Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Renamed Execution

Detects renamed execution of "Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe", which can be abused as a LOLBIN to execute arbitrary binaries

MITRE ATT&CK

T1218

execution

Detection Query

selection:
  OriginalFileName: Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe
filter_main_legit_name:
  Image|endswith: \Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2023-04-11

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.executionattack.stealthattack.t1218

Raw Content

title: Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Renamed Execution
id: 65c3ca2c-525f-4ced-968e-246a713d164f
related:
    - id: a20391f8-76fb-437b-abc0-dba2df1952c6
      type: similar
status: test
description: Detects renamed execution of "Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe", which can be abused as a LOLBIN to execute arbitrary binaries
references:
    - https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1463526834918854661
    - https://gist.github.com/nasbench/a989ce64cefa8081bd50cf6ad8c491b5
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-04-11
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        OriginalFileName: 'Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe'
    filter_main_legit_name:
        Image|endswith: '\Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium