Suspicious File Download From File Sharing Domain Via Curl.EXE
Detects potentially suspicious file download from file sharing domains using curl.exe
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1title: Suspicious File Download From File Sharing Domain Via Curl.EXE
2id: 56454143-524f-49fb-b1c6-3fb8b1ad41fb
3related:
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5 type: similar
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24 - id: 297ae038-edc2-4b2e-bb3e-7c5fc94dd5c7
25 type: similar
26status: test
27description: Detects potentially suspicious file download from file sharing domains using curl.exe
28references:
29 - https://labs.withsecure.com/publications/fin7-target-veeam-servers
30 - https://github.com/WithSecureLabs/iocs/blob/344203de742bb7e68bd56618f66d34be95a9f9fc/FIN7VEEAM/iocs.csv
31author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
32date: 2023-05-05
33modified: 2026-03-29
34tags:
35 - attack.execution
36logsource:
37 category: process_creation
38 product: windows
39detection:
40 selection_img:
41 - Image|endswith: '\curl.exe'
42 - OriginalFileName: 'curl.exe'
43 selection_websites:
44 CommandLine|contains:
45 - '.githubusercontent.com' # Includes both gists and github repositories / Michael Haag (idea)
46 - '0x0.st'
47 - 'anonfiles.com'
48 - 'bashupload.com'
49 - 'cdn.discordapp.com'
50 - 'chunk.io'
51 - 'ddns.net'
52 - 'dl.dropboxusercontent.com'
53 - 'ghostbin.co'
54 - 'github.com'
55 - 'glitch.me'
56 - 'gofile.io'
57 - 'hastebin.com'
58 - 'mediafire.com'
59 - 'mega.nz'
60 - 'onrender.com'
61 - 'pages.dev'
62 - 'paste.ee'
63 - 'pastebin.com'
64 - 'pastebin.pl'
65 - 'pastetext.net'
66 - 'pixeldrain.com'
67 - 'privatlab.com'
68 - 'privatlab.net'
69 - 'send.exploit.in'
70 - 'sendspace.com'
71 - 'storage.googleapis.com'
72 - 'storjshare.io'
73 - 'supabase.co'
74 - 'temp.sh'
75 - 'transfer.sh'
76 - 'trycloudflare.com'
77 - 'ufile.io'
78 - 'w3spaces.com'
79 - 'workers.dev'
80 - 'x0.at'
81 selection_http:
82 CommandLine|contains: 'http'
83 selection_flag:
84 CommandLine|contains:
85 - ' -O' # covers the alias for --remote-name and --output
86 - '--remote-name'
87 - '--output'
88 selection_ext:
89 CommandLine|endswith:
90 - ".ps1"
91 - ".ps1'"
92 - '.ps1"'
93 - ".dat"
94 - ".dat'"
95 - '.dat"'
96 - ".msi"
97 - ".msi'"
98 - '.msi"'
99 - ".bat"
100 - ".bat'"
101 - '.bat"'
102 - ".exe"
103 - ".exe'"
104 - '.exe"'
105 - ".vbs"
106 - ".vbs'"
107 - '.vbs"'
108 - ".vbe"
109 - ".vbe'"
110 - '.vbe"'
111 - ".hta"
112 - ".hta'"
113 - '.hta"'
114 - ".dll"
115 - ".dll'"
116 - '.dll"'
117 - ".psm1"
118 - ".psm1'"
119 - '.psm1"'
120 condition: all of selection_*
121falsepositives:
122 - Unknown
123level: high
124regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_curl_download_susp_file_sharing_domains/info.yml
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