Suspicious Troubleshooting Pack Cabinet Execution
editSuspicious Troubleshooting Pack Cabinet Execution
editIdentifies the execution of the Microsoft Diagnostic Wizard to open a diagcab file from a suspicious path and with an unusual parent process. This may indicate an attempt to execute malicious Troubleshooting Pack Cabinet files.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.process-*
- logs-system.security*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
- endgame-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 60m
Searches indices from: now-119m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Defense Evasion
- Rule Type: BBR
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
- Data Source: Elastic Endgame
- Data Source: System
Version: 104
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editprocess where host.os.type == "windows" and event.action == "start" and (process.name : "msdt.exe" or ?process.pe.original_file_name == "msdt.exe") and process.args : "/cab" and process.parent.name : ( "firefox.exe", "chrome.exe", "msedge.exe", "explorer.exe", "brave.exe", "whale.exe", "browser.exe", "dragon.exe", "vivaldi.exe", "opera.exe", "iexplore", "firefox.exe", "waterfox.exe", "iexplore.exe", "winrar.exe", "winrar.exe", "7zFM.exe", "outlook.exe", "winword.exe", "excel.exe" ) and process.args : ( "?:\\Users\\*", "\\\\*", "http*", "ftp://*" )
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: System Binary Proxy Execution
- ID: T1218
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/