File Download Via Bitsadmin To An Uncommon Target Folder

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects usage of bitsadmin downloading a file to uncommon target folder

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\bitsadmin.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "bitsadmin.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains " /transfer , /create , /addfile " AND COMMANDLINE contains "%AppData%,%temp%,%tmp%,\AppData\Local\,C:\Windows\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

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)