Detection rules › Sigma

Windows AppX Deployment Unsigned Package Installation

Severity
medium
Author
Michael Haag, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects attempts to install unsigned MSIX/AppX packages using the -AllowUnsigned parameter via AppXDeployment-Server events

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File
Defense EvasionT1553.005 Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
AppXDeployment-Server603Started deployment DeploymentOperation operation on a package with main parameter Path and Options Flags and FlagsHigh.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

Flags: 8388608

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
Flagseq
  • 8388608