MpiExec Lolbin

Detects a certain command line flag combination used by mpiexec.exe LOLBIN from HPC pack that can be used to execute any other binary

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 1title: MpiExec Lolbin
 2id: 729ce0ea-5d8f-4769-9762-e35de441586d
 3status: test
 4description: Detects a certain command line flag combination used by mpiexec.exe LOLBIN from HPC pack that can be used to execute any other binary
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1465058133303246867
 7    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/high-performance-computing/mpiexec?view=hpc19-ps
 8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2022-01-11
10modified: 2022-03-04
11tags:
12    - attack.execution
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14    - attack.t1218
15logsource:
16    category: process_creation
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection_binary:
20        - Image|endswith: '\mpiexec.exe'
21        - Imphash: 'd8b52ef6aaa3a81501bdfff9dbb96217'
22        - Hashes|contains: 'IMPHASH=d8b52ef6aaa3a81501bdfff9dbb96217'
23    selection_flags:
24        CommandLine|contains:
25            - ' /n 1 '
26            - ' -n 1 '
27    condition: all of selection*
28falsepositives:
29    - Unknown
30level: high

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