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Suspicious RDP Redirect Using TSCON

Detects a suspicious RDP session redirect using tscon.exe

MITRE ATT&CK

lateral-movement

Detection Query

selection:
  CommandLine|contains: " /dest:rdp-tcp#"
condition: selection

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2018-03-17

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.lateral-movementattack.t1563.002attack.t1021.001car.2013-07-002

Raw Content

title: Suspicious RDP Redirect Using TSCON
id: f72aa3e8-49f9-4c7d-bd74-f8ab84ff9bbb
status: test
description: Detects a suspicious RDP session redirect using tscon.exe
references:
    - http://www.korznikov.com/2017/03/0-day-or-feature-privilege-escalation.html
    - https://medium.com/@networksecurity/rdp-hijacking-how-to-hijack-rds-and-remoteapp-sessions-transparently-to-move-through-an-da2a1e73a5f6
    - https://www.hackingarticles.in/rdp-session-hijacking-with-tscon/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2018-03-17
modified: 2023-05-16
tags:
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.t1563.002
    - attack.t1021.001
    - car.2013-07-002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains: ' /dest:rdp-tcp#'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high