Detection rules › Sigma

File Explorer Folder Opened Using Explorer Folder Shortcut Via Shell

Severity
high
Author
@Kostastsale
Source
upstream

Detects the initial execution of "cmd.exe" which spawns "explorer.exe" with the appropriate command line arguments for opening the "My Computer" folder.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
DiscoveryT1135 Network Share Discovery

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation
Security-Auditing4688A new process has been created.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
ParentImage|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
ParentImage|endswith: '\powershell.exe'
ParentImage|endswith: '\pwsh.exe'
CommandLine|contains: 'shell:mycomputerfolder'
Image|endswith: '\explorer.exe'

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
CommandLinematch
  • shell:mycomputerfolder
Imageends_with
  • \explorer.exe corpus 12 (sigma 12)
ParentImageends_with
  • \cmd.exe corpus 13 (sigma 13)
  • \powershell.exe corpus 16 (sigma 16)
  • \pwsh.exe corpus 16 (sigma 16)