Potential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of "VSDiagnostics.exe" with the "start" command in order to launch and proxy arbitrary binaries.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\VSDiagnostics.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "VSDiagnostics.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "start" AND COMMANDLINE contains " /launch:, -launch:" 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

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)