Detection rules › Sigma
Potential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE
Detects execution of "VSDiagnostics.exe" with the "start" command in order to launch and proxy arbitrary binaries.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Defense Evasion | T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
or:
Image|endswith: '\VSDiagnostics.exe'
OriginalFileName: VSDiagnostics.exe
Stage 2: all of selection_cli_start
CommandLine|contains: start
Stage 3: all of selection_cli_launch
or:
CommandLine|contains: ' -launch:'
CommandLine|contains: ' /launch:'
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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Image | ends_with |
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OriginalFileName | eq |
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