Password Protected Compressed File Extraction Via 7Zip

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects usage of 7zip utilities (7z.exe, 7za.exe and 7zr.exe) to extract password protected zip files.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (MESSAGE contains "7-Zip" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\7z.exe,\7zr.exe,\7za.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "7z.exe,7za.exe") AND (COMMANDLINE contains " -p" AND COMMANDLINE contains " x " AND COMMANDLINE contains " -o") 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

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)