Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution

Detects execution of Sysinternals tools via an AppX package. Attackers could install the Sysinternals Suite to get access to tools such as psexec and procdump to avoid detection based on System paths

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 1title: Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution
 2id: d29a20b2-be4b-4827-81f2-3d8a59eab5fc
 3status: test
 4description: Detects execution of Sysinternals tools via an AppX package. Attackers could install the Sysinternals Suite to get access to tools such as psexec and procdump to avoid detection based on System paths
 5references:
 6    - Internal Research
 7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2023-01-16
 9modified: 2023-09-12
10tags:
11    - attack.defense-evasion
12    - attack.execution
13logsource:
14    product: windows
15    service: appmodel-runtime
16detection:
17    selection:
18        EventID: 201
19        ImageName:
20            - 'procdump.exe'
21            - 'psloglist.exe'
22            - 'psexec.exe'
23            - 'livekd.exe'
24            - 'ADExplorer.exe'
25    condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27    - Legitimate usage of the applications from the Windows Store
28level: low

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