Detection rules › Sigma

Use of OpenConsole

Severity
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects usage of OpenConsole binary as a LOLBIN to launch other binaries to bypass application Whitelisting

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
Image|endswith: '\OpenConsole.exe'
OriginalFileName: OpenConsole.exe

Stage 2: not filter

Image|startswith: 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal'

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
  • \OpenConsole.exe
Imagestarts_with
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal
OriginalFileNameeq
  • OpenConsole.exe