Suspicious Windows Update Agent Empty Cmdline
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects suspicious Windows Update Agent activity in which a wuauclt.exe process command line doesn't contain any command line flags
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\Wuauclt.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "Wuauclt.exe") AND COMMANDLINE endswith "Wuauclt,Wuauclt.exe" 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)
