Suspicious Desktopimgdownldr Target File

Last updated on:

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects a suspicious Microsoft desktopimgdownldr file creation that stores a file to a suspicious location or contains a file with a suspicious extension

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\svchost.exe" AND (FILENAME contains "\Personalization\LockScreenImage" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\Personalization\LockScreenImage")) AND (FILENAME notcontains "C:\Windows" AND OBJECTNAME notcontains "C:\Windows") AND (FILENAME notcontains ".jpg,.jpeg,.png" AND OBJECTNAME notcontains ".jpg,.jpeg,.png") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)