Network Connection Initiated By IMEWDBLD.EXE

calendar Nov 14, 2023 · attack.command_and_control attack.t1105  ·
Share on: linkedin copy

Detects network connections initiated by IMEWDBLD. This might indicate potential abuse to download arbitrary files via this utility

Sigma rule (View on GitHub)

 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: Detects network connections initiated by IMEWDBLD. This might indicate potential abuse to download arbitrary files via this utility
 8references:
 9    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1105/T1105.md#atomic-test-10---windows---powershell-download
10    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/IMEWDBLD/
11author: frack113
12date: 2022/01/22
13modified: 2023/11/09
14tags:
15    - attack.command_and_control
16    - attack.t1105
17logsource:
18    category: network_connection
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection:
22        Initiated: 'true'
23        Image|endswith: '\IMEWDBLD.exe'
24    condition: selection
25falsepositives:
26    - Unknown
27# Note: Please reduce this to medium if you find legitimate connections
28level: high

References

Related rules

to-top