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Invoke-Obfuscation VAR++ LAUNCHER OBFUSCATION - System

Severity
high
Author
Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community
Source
upstream

Detects Obfuscated Powershell via VAR++ LAUNCHER

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Defense EvasionT1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Service-Control-Manager7045

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
ImagePath|contains: '{0}'
ImagePath|contains: '{1}'
ImagePath|contains: '{2}'
ImagePath|contains: '{3}'
ImagePath|contains: '{4}'
ImagePath|contains: '{5}'
ImagePath|contains: '&&set'
ImagePath|contains: -f
ImagePath|contains: '/c'
ImagePath|contains: cmd
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'

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
ImagePathmatch
  • &&set
  • -f corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • /c corpus 4 (sigma 4)
  • cmd corpus 5 (sigma 5)
  • {0}
  • {1}
  • {2}
  • {3}
  • {4}
  • {5}
Provider_Nameeq
  • Service Control Manager corpus 43 (sigma 43)

Neighbors

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