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Invoke-Obfuscation STDIN+ Launcher - System

Detects Obfuscated use of stdin to execute PowerShell

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasionexecution

Detection Query

selection_main:
  Provider_Name: Service Control Manager
  EventID: 7045
  ImagePath|contains|all:
    - cmd
    - powershell
  ImagePath|contains:
    - /c
    - /r
selection_other:
  - ImagePath|contains: noexit
  - ImagePath|contains|all:
      - input
      - $
condition: all of selection_*

Author

Jonathan Cheong, oscd.community

Created

2020-10-15

Data Sources

windowssystem

Platforms

windows

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1027attack.executionattack.t1059.001
Raw Content
title: Invoke-Obfuscation STDIN+ Launcher - System
id: 72862bf2-0eb1-11eb-adc1-0242ac120002
status: test
description: Detects Obfuscated use of stdin to execute PowerShell
references:
    - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009  # (Task 25)
author: Jonathan Cheong, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-15
modified: 2022-11-29
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1027
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection_main:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        # ImagePath|re: 'cmd.{0,5}(?:\/c|\/r).+powershell.+(?:\$\{?input\}?|noexit).+\"'
        # Example 1: c:\windows\sYstEm32\CmD.eXE /C"echO\Invoke-Expression (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString | POwersHELl -NoEXiT -"
        # Example 2: c:\WiNDOws\sysTEm32\cmd.EXe /C " ECHo Invoke-Expression (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString | POwersHELl -nol ${EXEcUtIONCONTeXT}.INvOkEComMANd.InvOKEScRIPt( $InpUt )"
        ImagePath|contains|all:
            - 'cmd'
            - 'powershell'
        ImagePath|contains:
            - '/c'
            - '/r'
    selection_other:
        - ImagePath|contains: 'noexit'
        - ImagePath|contains|all:
              - 'input'
              - '$'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high