Detection rules › Sigma

Potential RipZip Attack on Startup Folder

Severity
high
Author
Greg (rule)
Source
upstream

Detects a phishing attack which expands a ZIP file containing a malicious shortcut. If the victim expands the ZIP file via the explorer process, then the explorer process expands the malicious ZIP file and drops a malicious shortcut redirected to a backdoor into the Startup folder. Additionally, the file name of the malicious shortcut in Startup folder contains {0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D} meaning the folder shortcut operation.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
Privilege EscalationT1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon11FileCreate

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

Image|endswith: '\explorer.exe'
TargetFilename|contains: '.lnk.{0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}'
TargetFilename|contains: '\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup'

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
Imageends_with
  • \explorer.exe corpus 12 (sigma 12)
TargetFilenamematch
  • .lnk.{0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}
  • \Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup