Potential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE
Detects execution of "VSDiagnostics.exe" with the "start" command in order to launch and proxy arbitrary binaries.
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1title: Potential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE
2id: ac1c92b4-ac81-405a-9978-4604d78cc47e
3status: test
4description: Detects execution of "VSDiagnostics.exe" with the "start" command in order to launch and proxy arbitrary binaries.
5references:
6 - https://twitter.com/0xBoku/status/1679200664013135872
7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
8date: 2023-08-03
9tags:
10 - attack.defense-evasion
11 - attack.t1218
12logsource:
13 category: process_creation
14 product: windows
15detection:
16 selection_img:
17 - Image|endswith: '\VSDiagnostics.exe'
18 - OriginalFileName: 'VSDiagnostics.exe'
19 selection_cli_start:
20 CommandLine|contains: 'start'
21 selection_cli_launch:
22 CommandLine|contains:
23 - ' /launch:'
24 - ' -launch:'
25 condition: all of selection_*
26falsepositives:
27 - Legitimate usage for tracing and diagnostics purposes
28level: medium
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