Suspicious Download Via Certutil.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the execution of certutil with certain flags that allow the utility to download files.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\certutil.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "CertUtil.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "urlcache ,verifyctl " AND COMMANDLINE contains "http" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
