Detection rules › Sigma
Potential Binary Proxy Execution Via Cdb.EXE
Detects usage of "cdb.exe" to launch arbitrary processes or commands from a debugger script file
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | T1106 Native API |
| Defense Evasion | T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution, T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
or:
Image|endswith: '\cdb.exe'
OriginalFileName: CDB.Exe
Stage 2: all of selection_cli
or:
CommandLine|contains: ' -c '
CommandLine|contains: ' -cf '
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.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
|
Image | ends_with |
|
OriginalFileName | eq |
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