WMI Backdoor Exchange Transport Agent

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects a WMI backdoor in Exchange Transport Agents via WMI event filters

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\EdgeTransport.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME != "C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME notstartswith "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server" OR PROCESSNAME notendswith "\Bin\OleConverter.exe")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)