CVE-2024-50623 Exploitation Attempt - Cleo

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects exploitation attempt of Cleo's CVE-2024-50623 by looking for a "cmd.exe" process spawning from the Celo software suite with suspicious Powershell commandline.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\javaw.exe" AND PARENTPROCESSCOMMANDLINE contains "Harmony,lexicom,VersaLex,VLTrader" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\cmd.exe" AND COMMANDLINE contains "powershell, -enc , -EncodedCommand,.Download" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Tanner Filip, Austin Worline, Chad Hudson, Matt Anderson