PowerShell Console History Access via Script Block

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects PowerShell script execution accessing the console history file through script block logging.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "PowerShell Script Block Logged" AND (SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "ConsoleHost_history.txt" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "PSReadLine" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "Get-Content,gc,cat,type,Copy-Item,cp,Move-Item,mv") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.SCRIPTEXECUTED,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.PATH,Action1.USERNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows