Detection rules › Sigma

Suspicious UltraVNC Execution

Severity
high
Author
Bhabesh Raj
Source
upstream

Detects suspicious UltraVNC command line flag combination that indicate a auto reconnect upon execution, e.g. startup (as seen being used by Gamaredon threat group)

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Lateral MovementT1021.005 Remote Services: VNC

Event coverage

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

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

CommandLine|contains: '-autoreconnect '
CommandLine|contains: '-connect '
CommandLine|contains: '-id:'

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
  • -autoreconnect
  • -connect
  • -id: