Cab File Extraction Via Wusa.EXE From Potentially Suspicious Paths

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the execution of the "wusa.exe" (Windows Update Standalone Installer) utility to extract ".cab" files using the "/extract" argument from potentially suspicious paths.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\wusa.exe" AND COMMANDLINE contains "/extract:") AND COMMANDLINE contains ":\PerfLogs\,:\Users\Public\,:\Windows\Temp\,\Appdata\Local\Temp" 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)