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Use of Wfc.exe

Severity
medium
Author
Christopher Peacock @SecurePeacock, SCYTHE @scythe_io
Source
upstream

The Workflow Command-line Compiler can be used for AWL bypass and is listed in Microsoft's recommended block rules.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Defense EvasionT1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
Image|endswith: '\wfc.exe'
OriginalFileName: wfc.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
Imageends_with
  • \wfc.exe
OriginalFileNameeq
  • wfc.exe