Suspicious TSCON Start as SYSTEM

calendar Oct 17, 2023 · attack.command_and_control attack.t1219  ·
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Detects a tscon.exe start as LOCAL SYSTEM

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 1title: Suspicious TSCON Start as SYSTEM
 2id: 9847f263-4a81-424f-970c-875dab15b79b
 3status: test
 4description: Detects a tscon.exe start as LOCAL SYSTEM
 5references:
 6    - http://www.korznikov.com/2017/03/0-day-or-feature-privilege-escalation.html
 7    - https://medium.com/@networksecurity/rdp-hijacking-how-to-hijack-rds-and-remoteapp-sessions-transparently-to-move-through-an-da2a1e73a5f6
 8    - https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/lateral-movement/t1076-rdp-hijacking-for-lateral-movement
 9author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
10date: 2018/03/17
11modified: 2022/05/27
12tags:
13    - attack.command_and_control
14    - attack.t1219
15logsource:
16    category: process_creation
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        User|contains: # covers many language settings
21            - 'AUTHORI'
22            - 'AUTORI'
23        Image|endswith: '\tscon.exe'
24    condition: selection
25falsepositives:
26    - Unknown
27level: high

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