Network Connection Initiated By IMEWDBLD.EXE
Detects a network connection initiated by IMEWDBLD.EXE. This might indicate potential abuse of the utility as a LOLBIN in order to download arbitrary files or additional payloads.
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1title: Network Connection Initiated By IMEWDBLD.EXE
2id: 8d7e392e-9b28-49e1-831d-5949c6281228
3related:
4 - id: 863218bd-c7d0-4c52-80cd-0a96c09f54af
5 type: derived
6status: test
7description: |
8 Detects a network connection initiated by IMEWDBLD.EXE. This might indicate potential abuse of the utility as a LOLBIN in order to download arbitrary files or additional payloads.
9references:
10 - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1105/T1105.md#atomic-test-10---windows---powershell-download
11 - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/IMEWDBLD/
12author: frack113
13date: 2022-01-22
14modified: 2023-11-09
15tags:
16 - attack.command-and-control
17 - attack.t1105
18logsource:
19 category: network_connection
20 product: windows
21detection:
22 selection:
23 Initiated: 'true'
24 Image|endswith: '\IMEWDBLD.exe'
25 condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27 - Unknown
28# Note: Please reduce this to medium if you find legitimate connections
29level: high
References
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Small and highly portable detection tests based on MITRE's ATT&CK. - redcanaryco/atomic-red-team
Read More -
IMEWDBLD.exe is a living-of-the-land file containing unexpected functionality that can be abused by attackers; this page lists all its use cases.
Read More
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