Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution

 1title: Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution
 2id: d29a20b2-be4b-4827-81f2-3d8a59eab5fc
 3status: test
 4description: |
 5    Detects execution of Sysinternals tools via an AppX package.
 6    Attackers could install the Sysinternals Suite to get access to tools such as psexec and procdump to avoid detection based on System paths.    
 7references:
 8    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/microsoft-store
 9author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
10date: 2023-01-16
11modified: 2023-09-12
12tags:
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14    - attack.execution
15logsource:
16    product: windows
17    service: appmodel-runtime
18detection:
19    selection:
20        EventID: 201
21        ImageName:
22            - 'procdump.exe'
23            - 'psloglist.exe'
24            - 'psexec.exe'
25            - 'livekd.exe'
26            - 'ADExplorer.exe'
27    condition: selection
28falsepositives:
29    - Legitimate usage of sysinternals applications from the Windows Store will trigger this. Apply exclusions as needed.
30level: low