Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Renamed Execution

calendar Apr 14, 2023 · attack.execution attack.defense_evasion attack.t1218  ·
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Detects renamed execution of "Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe", which can be abused as a LOLBIN to execute arbitrary binaries

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 1title: Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Renamed Execution
 2id: 65c3ca2c-525f-4ced-968e-246a713d164f
 3related:
 4    - id: a20391f8-76fb-437b-abc0-dba2df1952c6
 5      type: similar
 6status: test
 7description: Detects renamed execution of "Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe", which can be abused as a LOLBIN to execute arbitrary binaries
 8references:
 9    - https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1463526834918854661
10    - https://gist.github.com/nasbench/a989ce64cefa8081bd50cf6ad8c491b5
11author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2023/04/11
13tags:
14    - attack.execution
15    - attack.defense_evasion
16    - attack.t1218
17logsource:
18    category: process_creation
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection:
22        OriginalFileName: 'Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe'
23    filter_main_legit_name:
24        Image|endswith: '\Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe'
25    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
26falsepositives:
27    - Unknown
28level: medium

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