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Potential AMSI Bypass Via .NET Reflection

Severity
high
Author
Markus Neis, @Kostastsale
Source
upstream

Detects Request to "amsiInitFailed" that can be used to disable AMSI Scanning

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Defense EvasionT1562.001 Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools

Event coverage

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

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
CommandLine|contains: 'NonPublic,Static'
CommandLine|contains: 'SetValue($null,$true)'
CommandLine|contains: '[Ref].Assembly.GetType'
CommandLine|contains: 'System.Management.Automation.AmsiUtils'
CommandLine|contains: amsiInitFailed

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
  • NonPublic,Static
  • SetValue($null,$true)
  • System.Management.Automation.AmsiUtils
  • [Ref].Assembly.GetType
  • amsiInitFailed