Potential Execution of Sysinternals Tools

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects command lines that contain the 'accepteula' flag which could be a sign of execution of one of the Sysinternals tools

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND COMMANDLINE contains " -accepteula, /accepteula, –accepteula, —accepteula, ―accepteula" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Markus Neis