PUA - Potential PE Metadata Tamper Using Rcedit
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the use of rcedit to potentially alter executable PE metadata properties, which could conceal efforts to rename system utilities for defense evasion.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\rcedit-x64.exe,\rcedit-x86.exe" OR MESSAGE = "Edit resources of exe" OR PRODUCT_NAME = "rcedit") AND COMMANDLINE contains "--set-" AND COMMANDLINE contains "OriginalFileName,CompanyName,FileDescription,ProductName,ProductVersion,LegalCopyright" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Micah Babinski
