Suspicious Cabinet File Execution Via Msdt.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of msdt.exe using the "cab" flag which could indicates suspicious diagcab files with embedded answer files leveraging CVE-2022-30190

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\msdt.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "msdt.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains " -cab , /cab , –cab , —cab , ―cab " 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), GossiTheDog, frack113