HackTool - SharpEvtMute Execution
Detects the use of SharpEvtHook, a tool that tampers with the Windows event logs
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1title: HackTool - SharpEvtMute Execution
2id: bedfc8ad-d1c7-4e37-a20e-e2b0dbee759c
3related:
4 - id: 49329257-089d-46e6-af37-4afce4290685 # DLL load
5 type: similar
6status: test
7description: Detects the use of SharpEvtHook, a tool that tampers with the Windows event logs
8references:
9 - https://github.com/bats3c/EvtMute
10author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
11date: 2022-09-07
12modified: 2023-02-14
13tags:
14 - attack.defense-evasion
15 - attack.t1562.002
16logsource:
17 product: windows
18 category: process_creation
19detection:
20 selection:
21 - Image|endswith: '\SharpEvtMute.exe'
22 - Description: 'SharpEvtMute'
23 - CommandLine|contains:
24 - '--Filter "rule '
25 - '--Encoded --Filter \"'
26 condition: selection
27falsepositives:
28 - Unknown
29level: high
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