Detection rules › Sigma
Suspicious Shells Spawn by Java Utility Keytool
Detects suspicious shell spawn from Java utility keytool process (e.g. adselfservice plus exploitation)
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
or:
Image|endswith: '\AppVLP.exe'
Image|endswith: '\bash.exe'
Image|endswith: '\bitsadmin.exe'
Image|endswith: '\certutil.exe'
Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
Image|endswith: '\cscript.exe'
Image|endswith: '\forfiles.exe'
Image|endswith: '\hh.exe'
Image|endswith: '\mftrace.exe'
Image|endswith: '\mshta.exe'
Image|endswith: '\powershell.exe'
Image|endswith: '\pwsh.exe'
Image|endswith: '\query.exe'
Image|endswith: '\reg.exe'
Image|endswith: '\regsvr32.exe'
Image|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
Image|endswith: '\schtasks.exe'
Image|endswith: '\scrcons.exe'
Image|endswith: '\scriptrunner.exe'
Image|endswith: '\sh.exe'
Image|endswith: '\systeminfo.exe'
Image|endswith: '\whoami.exe'
Image|endswith: '\wmic.exe'
Image|endswith: '\wscript.exe'
ParentImage|endswith: '\keytool.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.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Image | ends_with |
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ParentImage | ends_with |
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