Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution

calendar Apr 14, 2023 · attack.execution attack.defense_evasion attack.t1218  ·
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Detects child processes of Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe that can be used to execute any other binary

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 1title: Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution
 2id: a20391f8-76fb-437b-abc0-dba2df1952c6
 3related:
 4    - id: 65c3ca2c-525f-4ced-968e-246a713d164f
 5      type: similar
 6status: test
 7description: Detects child processes of Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe that can be used to execute any other binary
 8references:
 9    - https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1463526834918854661
10    - https://gist.github.com/nasbench/a989ce64cefa8081bd50cf6ad8c491b5
11author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2022/01/11
13modified: 2023/04/11
14tags:
15    - attack.execution
16    - attack.defense_evasion
17    - attack.t1218
18logsource:
19    category: process_creation
20    product: windows
21detection:
22    selection:
23        ParentImage|endswith: '\Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe'
24    condition: selection
25falsepositives:
26    - Legitimate use by developers as part of NodeJS development with Visual Studio Tools
27level: medium

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