Detection rules › Sigma
Weak or Abused Passwords In CLI
Detects weak passwords or often abused passwords (seen used by threat actors) via the CLI. An example would be a threat actor creating a new user via the net command and providing the password inline
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
or:
CommandLine|contains: 123123qwE
CommandLine|contains: 123456789
CommandLine|contains: Asd123.aaaa
CommandLine|contains: Decryptme
CommandLine|contains: 'P@ssw0rd!'
CommandLine|contains: Pass8080
CommandLine|contains: password123
CommandLine|contains: 'test@202'
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.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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