Potential SharePoint ToolShell CVE-2025-53770 Exploitation - File Create

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the creation of file such as spinstall0.aspx which may indicate successful exploitation of CVE-2025-53770. This CVE is a zero-day vulnerability in SharePoint that allows remote code execution.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND ((( OBJECTNAME contains "Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\,Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions" AND ACCESSLIST contains "writedata" AND OBJECTNAME contains "\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\,\16\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS" ) OR ( FILENAME contains "Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\,Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions" AND FILENAME contains "\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\,\16\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS" )) AND ( OBJECTNAME contains "\spinstall,\debug_dev" OR FILENAME contains "\spinstall,\debug_dev" ) AND ( OBJECTNAME endswith ".aspx,.js" OR FILENAME endswith ".aspx,.js" )) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.FILETYPE,Action1.ACCESSLIST

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

@Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)