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PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet

Severity
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects usage of a base64 encoded "FromBase64String" cmdlet in a process command line

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Defense EvasionT1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Event coverage

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

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
CommandLine|contains: '6ADoARgByAG8AbQBCAGEAcwBlADYANABTAHQAcgBpAG4AZw'
CommandLine|contains: '::FromBase64String'
CommandLine|contains: 'OgA6AEYAcgBvAG0AQgBhAHMAZQA2ADQAUwB0AHIAaQBuAGcA'
CommandLine|contains: 'oAOgBGAHIAbwBtAEIAYQBzAGUANgA0AFMAdAByAGkAbgBnA'

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
  • 6ADoARgByAG8AbQBCAGEAcwBlADYANABTAHQAcgBpAG4AZw
  • ::FromBase64String corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • OgA6AEYAcgBvAG0AQgBhAHMAZQA2ADQAUwB0AHIAaQBuAGcA
  • oAOgBGAHIAbwBtAEIAYQBzAGUANgA0AFMAdAByAGkAbgBnA