Conhost.exe CommandLine Path Traversal
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
detects the usage of path traversal in conhost.exe indicating possible command/argument confusion/hijacking
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSCOMMANDLINE contains "conhost" AND COMMANDLINE contains "/../../" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
