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HackTool - CoercedPotato Execution

Detects the use of CoercedPotato, a tool for privilege escalation

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasionprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection_loader_img:
  Image|endswith: \CoercedPotato.exe
selection_params:
  CommandLine|contains: " --exploitId "
selection_loader_imphash:
  Hashes|contains:
    - IMPHASH=A75D7669DB6B2E107A44C4057FF7F7D6
    - IMPHASH=F91624350E2C678C5DCBE5E1F24E22C9
    - IMPHASH=14C81850A079A87E83D50CA41C709A15
condition: 1 of selection_*

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2023-10-11

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1055

Raw Content

title: HackTool - CoercedPotato Execution
id: e8d34729-86a4-4140-adfd-0a29c2106307
status: test
description: Detects the use of CoercedPotato, a tool for privilege escalation
references:
    - https://github.com/hackvens/CoercedPotato
    - https://blog.hackvens.fr/articles/CoercedPotato.html
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-10-11
modified: 2024-11-23
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1055
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_loader_img:
        Image|endswith: '\CoercedPotato.exe'
    selection_params:
        CommandLine|contains: ' --exploitId '
    selection_loader_imphash:
        Hashes|contains:
            - 'IMPHASH=A75D7669DB6B2E107A44C4057FF7F7D6'
            - 'IMPHASH=F91624350E2C678C5DCBE5E1F24E22C9'
            - 'IMPHASH=14C81850A079A87E83D50CA41C709A15'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high