Potential Exploitation of CrushFTP RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2025-54309)
Detects suspicious child processes created by CrushFTP. It could be an indication of exploitation of a RCE vulnerability such as CVE-2025-54309.
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1title: Potential Exploitation of CrushFTP RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2025-54309)
2id: 0fdc7c7f-c690-4217-9ae3-31f5156eed72
3status: experimental
4description: Detects suspicious child processes created by CrushFTP. It could be an indication of exploitation of a RCE vulnerability such as CVE-2025-54309.
5references:
6 - https://reliaquest.com/blog/threat-spotlight-cve-2025-54309-crushftp-exploit/
7 - https://pwn.guide/free/web/crushftp
8 - https://firecompass.com/crushftp-vulnerability-cve-2025-54309-securing-file-transfer-services/
9author: Nisarg Suthar
10date: 2025-08-01
11tags:
12 - attack.initial-access
13 - attack.execution
14 - attack.t1059.001
15 - attack.t1059.003
16 - attack.t1068
17 - attack.t1190
18 - cve.2025-54309
19 - detection.emerging-threats
20logsource:
21 category: process_creation
22 product: windows
23detection:
24 selection_parent:
25 ParentImage|endswith: '\crushftp.exe'
26 selection_child_powershell:
27 Image|endswith:
28 - '\powershell.exe'
29 - '\powershell_ise.exe'
30 - '\pwsh.exe'
31 CommandLine|contains|all:
32 - 'IEX'
33 - 'enc'
34 - 'Hidden'
35 - 'bypass'
36 selection_child_cmd:
37 Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
38 CommandLine|contains:
39 - '/c powershell'
40 - 'whoami'
41 - 'net.exe'
42 - 'net1.exe'
43 selection_child_others:
44 Image|endswith:
45 - '\bitsadmin.exe'
46 - '\certutil.exe'
47 - '\mshta.exe'
48 - '\cscript.exe'
49 - '\wscript.exe'
50 condition: selection_parent and 1 of selection_child_*
51falsepositives:
52 - Legitimate administrative command execution
53level: high
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