Command Line Execution with Suspicious URL and AppData Strings

Detects a suspicious command line execution that includes an URL and AppData string in the command line parameters as used by several droppers (js/vbs > powershell)

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 1title: Command Line Execution with Suspicious URL and AppData Strings
 2id: 1ac8666b-046f-4201-8aba-1951aaec03a3
 3status: test
 4description: Detects a suspicious command line execution that includes an URL and AppData string in the command line parameters as used by several droppers (js/vbs > powershell)
 5references:
 6    - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/3a1f01206684410dbe8f1900bbeaaa543adfcd07368ba646b499fa5274b9edf6?environmentId=100
 7    - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/f16c729aad5c74f19784a24257236a8bbe27f7cdc4a89806031ec7f1bebbd475?environmentId=100
 8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community
 9date: 2019-01-16
10modified: 2021-11-27
11tags:
12    - attack.execution
13    - attack.command-and-control
14    - attack.t1059.003
15    - attack.t1059.001
16    - attack.t1105
17logsource:
18    category: process_creation
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection:
22        Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
23        CommandLine|contains|all:
24            - 'http' # captures both http and https
25            - '://'
26            - '%AppData%'
27    condition: selection
28fields:
29    - CommandLine
30    - ParentCommandLine
31falsepositives:
32    - High
33level: medium

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