Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Renamed Execution

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects renamed execution of "Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe", which can be abused as a LOLBIN to execute arbitrary binaries

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ORIGINALFILENAME = "Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe" AND PROCESSNAME notendswith "\Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.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

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)