Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Potential Suspicious Remote Command Execution
Detects potentially suspicious child processes launched via the ScreenConnect client service.
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1title: Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Potential Suspicious Remote Command Execution
2id: 7b582f1a-b318-4c6a-bf4e-66fe49bf55a5
3related:
4 - id: d1a401ab-8c47-4e86-a7d8-2460b6a53e4a
5 type: derived
6status: test
7description: |
8 Detects potentially suspicious child processes launched via the ScreenConnect client service.
9references:
10 - https://www.mandiant.com/resources/telegram-malware-iranian-espionage
11 - https://docs.connectwise.com/ConnectWise_Control_Documentation/Get_started/Host_client/View_menu/Backstage_mode
12 - https://www.huntress.com/blog/slashandgrab-screen-connect-post-exploitation-in-the-wild-cve-2024-1709-cve-2024-1708
13 - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/b/threat-actor-groups-including-black-basta-are-exploiting-recent-.html
14author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), @Kostastsale
15date: 2022-02-25
16modified: 2024-02-28
17tags:
18 - attack.command-and-control
19 - attack.t1219
20logsource:
21 product: windows
22 category: process_creation
23detection:
24 selection:
25 ParentCommandLine|contains|all:
26 - ':\Windows\TEMP\ScreenConnect\'
27 - 'run.cmd'
28 Image|endswith:
29 - '\bitsadmin.exe'
30 - '\cmd.exe'
31 - '\curl.exe'
32 - '\dllhost.exe'
33 - '\net.exe'
34 - '\nltest.exe'
35 - '\powershell.exe'
36 - '\pwsh.exe'
37 - '\rundll32.exe'
38 - '\wevtutil.exe'
39 condition: selection
40falsepositives:
41 - If the script being executed make use of any of the utilities mentioned in the detection then they should filtered out or allowed.
42level: medium
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