Insensitive Subfolder Search Via Findstr.EXE
A Sigma rule for process creation on Windows, by Furkan CALISKAN, @caliskanfurkan_, @oscd_initiative, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems).
low 4 ATT&CK techniques 1 program it names
What it looks for
detection:
selection_cli_search_insensitive:
CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -i '
selection_cli_search_subfolder:
CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -s '
selection_findstr:
- CommandLine|contains: 'findstr'
- Image|endswith: 'findstr.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'FINDSTR.EXE'
condition: selection_findstr and all of selection_cli_search_*
The rule’s detection, its selections and fields in order of name. The whole rule, with its references and false positives, is on SigmaHQ, by Furkan CALISKAN, @caliskanfurkan_, @oscd_initiative, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), under the Detection Rule License 1.1. CmdID evaluates it on a command line alone: a test on what a command line cannot show, such as the parent process or the user, is not met.
Command lines that trip it
The commands LOLBAS or GTFOBins documents for findstr.exe trip it: each is on its program’s page, read by CmdID.