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Invoke-Obfuscation Via Use MSHTA - Security

Detects Obfuscated Powershell via use MSHTA in Scripts

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasionexecution

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID: 4697
  ServiceFileName|contains|all:
    - mshta
    - vbscript:createobject
    - .run
    - window.close
condition: selection

Author

Nikita Nazarov, oscd.community

Created

2020-10-09

Data Sources

windowssecurity

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1027attack.executionattack.t1059.001

Raw Content

title: Invoke-Obfuscation Via Use MSHTA - Security
id: 9b8d9203-4e0f-4cd9-bb06-4cc4ea6d0e9a
related:
    - id: 7e9c7999-0f9b-4d4a-a6ed-af6d553d4af4
      type: derived
status: test
description: Detects Obfuscated Powershell via use MSHTA in Scripts
references:
    - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009 # (Task31)
author: Nikita Nazarov, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-09
modified: 2022-11-29
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1027
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: The 'System Security Extension' audit subcategory need to be enabled to log the EID 4697
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4697
        ServiceFileName|contains|all:
            - 'mshta'
            - 'vbscript:createobject'
            - '.run'
            - 'window.close'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high