HackTool - Impersonate Execution

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of the Impersonate tool. Which can be used to manipulate tokens on a Windows computers remotely (PsExec/WmiExec) or interactively

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "impersonate.exe" AND COMMANDLINE contains " list , exec , adduser ") OR HASHES contains "MD5=9520714AB576B0ED01D1513691377D01,SHA256=E81CC96E2118DC4FBFE5BAD1604E0AC7681960143E2101E1A024D52264BB0A8A,IMPHASH=0A358FFC1697B7A07D0E817AC740DF62" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Sai Prashanth Pulisetti @pulisettis