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Potential AMSI Bypass Using NULL Bits

Severity
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects usage of special strings/null bits in order to potentially bypass AMSI functionalities

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: '#<NULL>'
CommandLine|contains: 'if(0){{{0}}}'' -f $(0 -as [char]) +'

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
  • #<NULL>
  • if(0){{{0}}}' -f $(0 -as [char]) +