Potential AMSI Bypass Via .NET Reflection

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects Request to "amsiInitFailed" that can be used to disable AMSI Scanning

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "System.Management.Automation.AmsiUtils" AND COMMANDLINE contains "amsiInitFailed") OR (COMMANDLINE contains "[Ref].Assembly.GetType" AND COMMANDLINE contains "SetValue($null,$true)" AND COMMANDLINE contains "NonPublic,Static") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Markus Neis, @Kostastsale