Devcon Execution Disabling VMware VMCI Device

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects execution of devcon.exe with commands that disable the VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface device.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (( PROCESSNAME endswith "\devcon.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME contains "DevCon.exe" ) AND COMMANDLINE contains " disable " AND COMMANDLINE contains "15AD&DEV_0740,VMWVMCIHOSTDEV" ) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

@Matt Anderson, Dray Agha, Anna Pham (Huntress)