Invoke-Obfuscation Obfuscated IEX Invocation - Security
Detects all variations of obfuscated powershell IEX invocation code generated by Invoke-Obfuscation framework from the code block linked in the references
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1title: Invoke-Obfuscation Obfuscated IEX Invocation - Security
2id: fd0f5778-d3cb-4c9a-9695-66759d04702a
3related:
4 - id: 51aa9387-1c53-4153-91cc-d73c59ae1ca9
5 type: derived
6status: test
7description: Detects all variations of obfuscated powershell IEX invocation code generated by Invoke-Obfuscation framework from the code block linked in the references
8references:
9 - https://github.com/danielbohannon/Invoke-Obfuscation/blob/f20e7f843edd0a3a7716736e9eddfa423395dd26/Out-ObfuscatedStringCommand.ps1#L873-L888
10author: Daniel Bohannon (@Mandiant/@FireEye), oscd.community
11date: 2019-11-08
12modified: 2022-11-27
13tags:
14 - attack.defense-evasion
15 - attack.t1027
16logsource:
17 product: windows
18 service: security
19 definition: The 'System Security Extension' audit subcategory need to be enabled to log the EID 4697
20detection:
21 selection_eid:
22 EventID: 4697
23 selection_servicefilename:
24 - ServiceFileName|re: '\$PSHome\[\s*\d{1,3}\s*\]\s*\+\s*\$PSHome\['
25 - ServiceFileName|re: '\$ShellId\[\s*\d{1,3}\s*\]\s*\+\s*\$ShellId\['
26 - ServiceFileName|re: '\$env:Public\[\s*\d{1,3}\s*\]\s*\+\s*\$env:Public\['
27 - ServiceFileName|re: '\$env:ComSpec\[(\s*\d{1,3}\s*,){2}'
28 - ServiceFileName|re: '\\*mdr\*\W\s*\)\.Name'
29 - ServiceFileName|re: '\$VerbosePreference\.ToString\('
30 - ServiceFileName|re: '\String\]\s*\$VerbosePreference'
31 condition: all of selection_*
32falsepositives:
33 - Unknown
34level: high
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