PUA - WebBrowserPassView Execution

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the execution of WebBrowserPassView.exe. A password recovery tool that reveals the passwords stored by the following Web browsers, Internet Explorer (Version 4.0 - 11.0), Mozilla Firefox (All Versions), Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND MESSAGE = "Web Browser Password Viewer" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\WebBrowserPassView.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

frack113