Potentially Suspicious Execution Of PDQDeployRunner
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects suspicious execution of "PDQDeployRunner" which is part of the PDQDeploy service stack that is responsible for executing commands and packages on a remote machines
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME contains "\PDQDeployRunner-" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\bash.exe,\certutil.exe,\cmd.exe,\csc.exe,\cscript.exe,\dllhost.exe,\mshta.exe,\msiexec.exe,\regsvr32.exe,\rundll32.exe,\scriptrunner.exe,\wmic.exe,\wscript.exe,\wsl.exe" OR PROCESSNAME contains ":\ProgramData\,:\Users\Public\,:\Windows\TEMP\,\AppData\Local\Temp" OR COMMANDLINE contains " -decode , -enc , -encodedcommand , -w hidden,DownloadString,FromBase64String,http,iex ,Invoke-") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
