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Creation Of a Suspicious ADS File Outside a Browser Download

Severity
medium
Author
frack113
Source
upstream

Detects the creation of a suspicious ADS (Alternate Data Stream) file by software other than browsers

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon15FileCreateStreamHash

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
TargetFilename|contains: .bat
TargetFilename|contains: .cmd
TargetFilename|contains: .docx
TargetFilename|contains: .exe
TargetFilename|contains: .hta
TargetFilename|contains: .jse
TargetFilename|contains: .lnk
TargetFilename|contains: .pptx
TargetFilename|contains: .ps
TargetFilename|contains: .reg
TargetFilename|contains: .scr
TargetFilename|contains: .sct
TargetFilename|contains: .vb
TargetFilename|contains: .wsc
TargetFilename|contains: .wsf
TargetFilename|contains: .xlsx
Contents|startswith: '[ZoneTransfer]  ZoneId=3'
TargetFilename|endswith: ':Zone.Identifier'

Stage 2: not 1 of filter_optional_*

or:
or:
Image|endswith: '\msedge.exe'
Image|endswith: '\msedgewebview2.exe'
or:
Image|startswith: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\'
Image|startswith: 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\EdgeCore\'
Image|endswith: '\SnippingTool\SnippingTool.exe'
Image|startswith: 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_'
TargetFilename|endswith: '.png:Zone.Identifier'
TargetFilename|contains: '\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_'
TargetFilename|contains: '\TempState\Screenshot '
TargetFilename|startswith: 'C:\Users\'
Image|endswith: '\WindowsApps\MicrosoftEdge.exe'
Image|endswith: '\brave.exe'
Image|endswith: '\maxthon.exe'
Image|endswith: '\opera.exe'
Image|endswith: '\safari.exe'
Image|endswith: '\seamonkey.exe'
Image|endswith: '\vivaldi.exe'
Image|endswith: '\whale.exe'
Image: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
Image: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe'
Image: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe'
Image: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'
Image: 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
Image: 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe'
Image: 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe'
Image: 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'
Image|startswith: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\'

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
Contentsstarts_with
  • [ZoneTransfer] ZoneId=3 corpus 2 (sigma 2)
Imageends_with
  • \SnippingTool\SnippingTool.exe
  • \WindowsApps\MicrosoftEdge.exe corpus 12 (sigma 12)
  • \brave.exe corpus 20 (sigma 20)
  • \maxthon.exe corpus 13 (sigma 13)
  • \msedge.exe corpus 22 (sigma 22)
  • \msedgewebview2.exe corpus 15 (sigma 15)
  • \opera.exe corpus 21 (sigma 21)
  • \safari.exe corpus 12 (sigma 12)
  • \seamonkey.exe corpus 13 (sigma 13)
  • \vivaldi.exe corpus 19 (sigma 19)
  • \whale.exe corpus 12 (sigma 12)
Imageeq
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe corpus 11 (sigma 11)
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe corpus 10 (sigma 10)
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe corpus 11 (sigma 11)
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe corpus 11 (sigma 11)
  • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe corpus 12 (sigma 12)
  • C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe corpus 11 (sigma 11)
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe corpus 11 (sigma 11)
  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe corpus 12 (sigma 12)
Imagestarts_with
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\ corpus 11 (sigma 11)
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\ corpus 10 (sigma 10)
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft\EdgeCore\ corpus 11 (sigma 11)
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_
TargetFilenameends_with
  • .png:Zone.Identifier
  • :Zone.Identifier corpus 3 (sigma 3)
TargetFilenamematch
  • .bat
  • .cmd
  • .docx
  • .exe corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • .hta
  • .jse
  • .lnk
  • .pptx
  • .ps
  • .reg
  • .scr
  • .sct
  • .vb
  • .wsc
  • .wsf
  • .xlsx
  • \AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_
  • \TempState\Screenshot
TargetFilenamestarts_with
  • C:\Users\ corpus 12 (sigma 12)