Potential CVE-2026-33829 Exploitation - Windows Snipping Tool Remote File Path URI
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects potential exploitation of CVE-2026-33829, a vulnerability in the Windows Snipping Tool URI handler (ms-screensketch:)
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1:
actionname = "Process started" AND ( ( PROCESSNAME endswith "\SnippingTool.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "SnippingTool.exe" ) AND COMMANDLINE contains "ms-screensketch:edit?&filePath=\\,ms-screensketch:edit?&filePath=%%5C,ms-screensketch:edit?&filePath=%5C,ms-screensketch:edit?&filePath=http" )
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
@Samir Bousseaden, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
