Devcon Execution Disabling VMware VMCI Device

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of devcon.exe with commands that disable the VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface device.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (( PROCESSNAME endswith "\devcon.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME contains "DevCon.exe" ) AND COMMANDLINE contains " disable " AND COMMANDLINE contains "15AD&DEV_0740,VMWVMCIHOSTDEV" ) 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

@Matt Anderson, Dray Agha, Anna Pham (Huntress)