Password Protected Compressed File Extraction Via 7Zip
Detects usage of 7zip utilities (7z.exe, 7za.exe and 7zr.exe) to extract password protected zip files.
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1title: Password Protected Compressed File Extraction Via 7Zip
2id: b717b8fd-6467-4d7d-b3d3-27f9a463af77
3status: experimental
4description: Detects usage of 7zip utilities (7z.exe, 7za.exe and 7zr.exe) to extract password protected zip files.
5references:
6 - https://blog.cyble.com/2022/06/07/bumblebee-loader-on-the-rise/
7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
8date: 2023/03/10
9tags:
10 - attack.collection
11 - attack.t1560.001
12logsource:
13 category: process_creation
14 product: windows
15detection:
16 selection_img:
17 - Description|contains: '7-Zip'
18 - Image|endswith:
19 - '\7z.exe'
20 - '\7zr.exe'
21 - '\7za.exe'
22 - OriginalFileName:
23 - '7z.exe'
24 - '7za.exe'
25 selection_password:
26 CommandLine|contains|all:
27 - ' -p'
28 - ' x '
29 - ' -o'
30 condition: all of selection_*
31falsepositives:
32 - Legitimate activity is expected since extracting files with a password can be common in some environment.
33level: medium
References
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