Exploitation Attempt Of CVE-2020-1472 - Execution of ZeroLogon PoC

calendar Apr 17, 2025 · attack.execution attack.lateral-movement attack.t1210 cve.2020-1472 detection.emerging-threats  ·
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Detects the execution of the commonly used ZeroLogon PoC executable.

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 1title: Exploitation Attempt Of CVE-2020-1472 - Execution of ZeroLogon PoC
 2id: dcc6a01e-9471-44a0-a699-71ea96f8ed8b
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the execution of the commonly used ZeroLogon PoC executable.
 5references:
 6    - https://thedfirreport.com/2021/11/01/from-zero-to-domain-admin/
 7    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/21/qbot-and-zerologon-lead-to-full-domain-compromise/
 8author: '@Kostastsale, TheDFIRReport'
 9date: 2022-02-12
10tags:
11    - attack.execution
12    - attack.lateral-movement
13    - attack.t1210
14    - cve.2020-1472
15    - detection.emerging-threats
16logsource:
17    product: windows
18    category: process_creation
19detection:
20    selection_main:
21        ParentImage|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
22        Image|endswith:
23            - '\cool.exe'
24            - '\zero.exe'
25        CommandLine|contains|all:
26            - 'Administrator'
27            - '-c'
28    selection_payloads_1:
29        CommandLine|contains|all:
30            - 'taskkill'
31            - '/f'
32            - '/im'
33    selection_payloads_2:
34        CommandLine|contains: 'powershell'
35    condition: selection_main and 1 of selection_payloads_*
36falsepositives:
37    - Unknown
38level: high

References

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