Suspicious File Encoded To Base64 Via Certutil.EXE

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.defense-evasion attack.t1027  ·
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Detects the execution of certutil with the "encode" flag to encode a file to base64 where the extensions of the file is suspicious

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 1title: Suspicious File Encoded To Base64 Via Certutil.EXE
 2id: ea0cdc3e-2239-4f26-a947-4e8f8224e464
 3related:
 4    - id: e62a9f0c-ca1e-46b2-85d5-a6da77f86d1a
 5      type: derived
 6status: experimental
 7description: Detects the execution of certutil with the "encode" flag to encode a file to base64 where the extensions of the file is suspicious
 8references:
 9    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/35c22725a92d5cb1016b09421c0a6cdbfd860fd4778b3313669b057d4a131cb7/behavior
10    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/427616528b7dbc4a6057ac89eb174a3a90f7abcf3f34e5a359b7a910d82f7a72/behavior
11    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/34de4c8beded481a4084a1fd77855c3e977e8ac643e5c5842d0f15f7f9b9086f/behavior
12    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4abe1395a09fda06d897a9c4eb247278c1b6cddda5d126ce5b3f4f499e3b8fa2/behavior
13author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
14date: 2023-05-15
15modified: 2024-03-05
16tags:
17    - attack.defense-evasion
18    - attack.t1027
19logsource:
20    category: process_creation
21    product: windows
22detection:
23    selection_img:
24        - Image|endswith: '\certutil.exe'
25        - OriginalFileName: 'CertUtil.exe'
26    selection_cli:
27        CommandLine|contains|windash: '-encode'
28    selection_extension:
29        CommandLine|contains:
30            - '.acl'
31            - '.bat'
32            - '.doc'
33            - '.gif'
34            - '.jpeg'
35            - '.jpg'
36            - '.mp3'
37            - '.pdf'
38            - '.png'
39            - '.ppt'
40            - '.tmp'
41            - '.xls'
42            - '.xml'
43    condition: all of selection_*
44falsepositives:
45    - Unknown
46level: high

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