Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the execution of "ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE", a binary part of Windows Defender used to manage settings in Windows Defender. Users can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads. It can be abused by attackers in order to upload or download files.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "ftp://,http://,https://" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
frack113
