Detection rules › Sigma
Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE
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.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Exfiltration | T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
or:
CommandLine|contains: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
Image|endswith: '\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe'
OriginalFileName: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
Stage 2: all of selection_url
or:
CommandLine|contains: 'ftp://'
CommandLine|contains: 'http://'
CommandLine|contains: 'https://'
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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