Indirect Command Execution via SFTP ProxyCommand
Last updated on:
Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud
In this page
About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the use of SFTP.exe to execute commands indirectly via ProxyCommand parameter
Severity
Attention
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1:
actionname = "Process started" AND ( PROCESSNAME endswith "\sftp.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "sftp.exe" ) AND ( COMMANDLINE contains "ProxyCommand=" )
select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
@Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)


