Suspicious Certreq command to Download or Upload

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the exploitation of certreq.exe to upload and download files using commands like HTTP POST.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (ORIGINALFILENAME contains "certreq" OR (COMMANDLINE contains "Post" AND COMMANDLINE contains "http" AND COMMANDLINE contains "config" AND COMMANDLINE contains "win.ini")) 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