Suspicious Certreq command to Download or Upload

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the exploitation of certreq.exe to upload and download files using commands like HTTP POST.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (ORIGINALFILENAME contains "certreq" OR (COMMANDLINE contains "Post" AND COMMANDLINE contains "http" AND COMMANDLINE contains "config" AND COMMANDLINE contains "win.ini")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows