Detected Windows Software Discovery

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Adversaries may attempt to enumerate software for a variety of reasons, such as figuring out what security measures are present or if the compromised system has a version of software that is vulnerable.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\reg.exe" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "query" AND COMMANDLINE contains "\software" AND COMMANDLINE contains "/v" AND COMMANDLINE contains "svcversion") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nikita Nazarov, oscd.community