File Download with Headless Browser
Detects execution of chromium based browser in headless mode using the "dump-dom" command line to download files
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1title: File Download with Headless Browser
2id: 0e8cfe08-02c9-4815-a2f8-0d157b7ed33e
3related:
4 - id: ef9dcfed-690c-4c5d-a9d1-482cd422225c
5 type: derived
6status: test
7description: Detects execution of chromium based browser in headless mode using the "dump-dom" command line to download files
8references:
9 - https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1478234484881436672?s=12
10 - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/23/e/managed-xdr-investigation-of-ducktail-in-trend-micro-vision-one.html
11author: Sreeman, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2022-01-04
13modified: 2023-05-12
14tags:
15 - attack.command-and-control
16 - attack.t1105
17logsource:
18 category: process_creation
19 product: windows
20detection:
21 selection:
22 Image|endswith:
23 - '\brave.exe'
24 - '\chrome.exe'
25 - '\msedge.exe'
26 - '\opera.exe'
27 - '\vivaldi.exe'
28 CommandLine|contains|all:
29 - '--headless'
30 - 'dump-dom'
31 - 'http'
32 condition: selection
33falsepositives:
34 - Unknown
35level: high
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