sigmamediumHunting

Suspicious Runscripthelper.exe

Detects execution of powershell scripts via Runscripthelper.exe

MITRE ATT&CK

executiondefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  Image|endswith: \Runscripthelper.exe
  CommandLine|contains: surfacecheck
condition: selection

Author

Victor Sergeev, oscd.community

Created

2020-10-09

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

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

Tags

attack.executionattack.t1059attack.defense-evasionattack.t1202

Raw Content

title: Suspicious Runscripthelper.exe
id: eca49c87-8a75-4f13-9c73-a5a29e845f03
status: test
description: Detects execution of powershell scripts via Runscripthelper.exe
references:
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Runscripthelper/
author: Victor Sergeev, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-09
modified: 2022-07-11
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1202
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\Runscripthelper.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: 'surfacecheck'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium