Use of Wfc.exe

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

The Workflow Command-line Compiler can be used for AWL bypass and is listed in Microsoft's recommended block rules.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\wfc.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "wfc.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

Christopher Peacock @SecurePeacock, SCYTHE @scythe_io