Browser Started with Remote Debugging

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects browsers starting with the remote debugging flags. Which is a technique often used to perform browser injection attacks

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND COMMANDLINE contains " --remote-debugging-" OR (PROCESSNAME endswith "\firefox.exe" AND COMMANDLINE contains " -start-debugger-server") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

pH-T (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)