Potential Suspicious Windows Feature Enabled - ProcCreation
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects usage of the built-in PowerShell cmdlet "Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature" used as a Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. Similar to DISM.exe, this cmdlet is used to enumerate, install, uninstall, configure, and update features and packages in Windows images
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature" AND COMMANDLINE contains "-Online" AND COMMANDLINE contains "-FeatureName") AND COMMANDLINE contains "TelnetServer,Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64,TFTP,SMB1Protocol,Client-ProjFS,Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
