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Potential Binary Impersonating Sysinternals Tools

A Sigma rule for process creation on Windows, by frack113, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems).

medium 3 ATT&CK techniques 135 programs it names

What it looks for

its detection, as SigmaHQ writes it
detection:
  filter_empty:
    - Company: null
    - Product: null
  filter_valid:
    - Company:
        - 'Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com'
        - 'Sysinternals'
    - Product|startswith: 'Sysinternals'
  selection_arm64:
    Image|endswith:
      - '\accesschk64a.exe'
      - '\ADExplorer64a.exe'
      - '\ADInsight64a.exe'
      - '\adrestore64a.exe'
      - '\Autologon64a.exe'
      - '\Autoruns64a.exe'
      - '\autorunsc64a.exe'
      - '\Clockres64a.exe'
      - '\Contig64a.exe'
      - '\Coreinfo64a.exe'
      - '\Dbgview64a.exe'
      - '\disk2vhd64a.exe'
      - '\diskext64a.exe'
      - '\DiskView64a.exe'
      - '\du64a.exe'
      - '\FindLinks64a.exe'
      - '\handle64a.exe'
      - '\hex2dec64a.exe'
      - '\junction64a.exe'
      - '\LoadOrd64a.exe'
      - '\LoadOrdC64a.exe'
      - '\logonsessions64a.exe'
      - '\movefile64a.exe'
      - '\notmyfault64a.exe'
      - '\notmyfaultc64a.exe'
      - '\pendmoves64a.exe'
      - '\pipelist64a.exe'
      - '\procdump64a.exe'
      - '\procexp64a.exe'
      - '\Procmon64a.exe'
      - '\PsExec64a.exe'
      - '\psfile64a.exe'
      - '\PsGetsid64a.exe'
      - '\PsInfo64a.exe'
      - '\pskill64a.exe'
      - '\psloglist64a.exe'
      - '\pspasswd64a.exe'
      - '\psping64a.exe'
      - '\PsService64a.exe'
      - '\pssuspend64a.exe'
      - '\RAMMap64a.exe'
      - '\RegDelNull64a.exe'
      - '\ru64a.exe'
      - '\sdelete64a.exe'
      - '\sigcheck64a.exe'
      - '\streams64a.exe'
      - '\strings64a.exe'
      - '\sync64a.exe'
      - '\Sysmon64a.exe'
      - '\tcpvcon64a.exe'
      - '\tcpview64a.exe'
      - '\vmmap64a.exe'
      - '\whois64a.exe'
      - '\Winobj64a.exe'
      - '\ZoomIt64a.exe'
  selection_exe:
    Image|endswith:
      - '\accesschk.exe'
      - '\accesschk64.exe'
      - '\AccessEnum.exe'
      - '\ADExplorer.exe'
      - '\ADExplorer64.exe'
      - '\ADInsight.exe'
      - '\ADInsight64.exe'
      - '\adrestore.exe'
      - '\adrestore64.exe'
      - '\Autologon.exe'
      - '\Autologon64.exe'
      - '\Autoruns.exe'
      - '\Autoruns64.exe'
      - '\autorunsc.exe'
      - '\autorunsc64.exe'
      - '\Bginfo.exe'
      - '\Bginfo64.exe'
      - '\Cacheset.exe'
      - '\Cacheset64.exe'
      - '\Clockres.exe'
      - '\Clockres64.exe'
      - '\Contig.exe'
      - '\Contig64.exe'
      - '\Coreinfo.exe'
      - '\Coreinfo64.exe'
      - '\CPUSTRES.EXE'
      - '\CPUSTRES64.EXE'
      - '\ctrl2cap.exe'
      - '\Dbgview.exe'
      - '\dbgview64.exe'
      - '\Desktops.exe'
      - '\Desktops64.exe'
      - '\disk2vhd.exe'
      - '\disk2vhd64.exe'
      - '\diskext.exe'
      - '\diskext64.exe'
      - '\Diskmon.exe'
      - '\Diskmon64.exe'
      - '\DiskView.exe'
      - '\DiskView64.exe'
      - '\du.exe'
      - '\du64.exe'
      - '\efsdump.exe'
      - '\FindLinks.exe'
      - '\FindLinks64.exe'
      - '\handle.exe'
      - '\handle64.exe'
      - '\hex2dec.exe'
      - '\hex2dec64.exe'
      - '\junction.exe'
      - '\junction64.exe'
      - '\ldmdump.exe'
      - '\listdlls.exe'
      - '\listdlls64.exe'
      - '\livekd.exe'
      - '\livekd64.exe'
      - '\loadOrd.exe'
      - '\loadOrd64.exe'
      - '\loadOrdC.exe'
      - '\loadOrdC64.exe'
      - '\logonsessions.exe'
      - '\logonsessions64.exe'
      - '\movefile.exe'
      - '\movefile64.exe'
      - '\notmyfault.exe'
      - '\notmyfault64.exe'
      - '\notmyfaultc.exe'
      - '\notmyfaultc64.exe'
      - '\ntfsinfo.exe'
      - '\ntfsinfo64.exe'
      - '\pendmoves.exe'
      - '\pendmoves64.exe'
      - '\pipelist.exe'
      - '\pipelist64.exe'
      - '\portmon.exe'
      - '\procdump.exe'
      - '\procdump64.exe'
      - '\procexp.exe'
      - '\procexp64.exe'
      - '\Procmon.exe'
      - '\Procmon64.exe'
      - '\psExec.exe'
      - '\psExec64.exe'
      - '\psfile.exe'
      - '\psfile64.exe'
      - '\psGetsid.exe'
      - '\psGetsid64.exe'
      - '\psInfo.exe'
      - '\psInfo64.exe'
      - '\pskill.exe'
      - '\pskill64.exe'
      - '\pslist.exe'
      - '\pslist64.exe'
      - '\psLoggedon.exe'
      - '\psLoggedon64.exe'
      - '\psloglist.exe'
      - '\psloglist64.exe'
      - '\pspasswd.exe'
      - '\pspasswd64.exe'
      - '\psping.exe'
      - '\psping64.exe'
      - '\psService.exe'
      - '\psService64.exe'
      - '\psshutdown.exe'
      - '\psshutdown64.exe'
      - '\pssuspend.exe'
      - '\pssuspend64.exe'
      - '\RAMMap.exe'
      - '\RAMMap64.exe'
      - '\RDCMan.exe'
      - '\RegDelNull.exe'
      - '\RegDelNull64.exe'
      - '\regjump.exe'
      - '\ru.exe'
      - '\ru64.exe'
      - '\sdelete.exe'
      - '\sdelete64.exe'
      - '\ShareEnum.exe'
      - '\ShareEnum64.exe'
      - '\shellRunas.exe'
      - '\sigcheck.exe'
      - '\sigcheck64.exe'
      - '\streams.exe'
      - '\streams64.exe'
      - '\strings.exe'
      - '\strings64.exe'
      - '\sync.exe'
      - '\sync64.exe'
      - '\Sysmon.exe'
      - '\Sysmon64.exe'
      - '\tcpvcon.exe'
      - '\tcpvcon64.exe'
      - '\tcpview.exe'
      - '\tcpview64.exe'
      - '\Testlimit.exe'
      - '\Testlimit64.exe'
      - '\vmmap.exe'
      - '\vmmap64.exe'
      - '\Volumeid.exe'
      - '\Volumeid64.exe'
      - '\whois.exe'
      - '\whois64.exe'
      - '\Winobj.exe'
      - '\Winobj64.exe'
      - '\ZoomIt.exe'
      - '\ZoomIt64.exe'
  condition: 1 of selection_* and not 1 of filter_*

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 frack113, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (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.

None of the everyday examples and documented commands on CmdID’s program pages trips it. To see whether a command line does, paste it into CmdID.

Programs and files it names

their pages here
bginfo.exeprocdump.exepsexecpspingsdeletesdelete64sysmonADExplorer.exeADInsight.exeADInsight64.exeAccessEnum.exeAutologon.exeAutologon64.exeAutoruns.exeAutoruns64.exeBginfo64.exeCPUSTRES.EXECPUSTRES64.EXECacheset.exeClockres.exeClockres64.exeContig.exeContig64.exeCoreinfo.exeCoreinfo64.exeDbgview.exeDesktops.exeDiskView.exeDiskmon.exeFindLinks.exeFindLinks64.exeListdlls.exeLoadOrd.exeLoadOrd64.exeLoadOrdC.exeLoadOrdC64.exeProcmon.exeProcmon64.exePsExec.exePsExec64.exePsGetsid.exePsGetsid64.exePsInfo.exePsInfo64.exePsLoggedon.exePsLoggedon64.exePsService.exePsService64.exeRAMMap.exeRegDelNull.exeRegDelNull64.exeShareEnum.exeShellRunas.exeSysmon.exeSysmon64.exeTcpvcon.exeTcpview.exeTestlimit.exeTestlimit64.exeVolumeid.exeVolumeid64.exeWinobj.exeZoomIt.exeZoomIt64.exeaccesschk.exeaccesschk64.exeadrestore.exeautorunsc.exeautorunsc64.exectrl2cap.exedbgview64.exedisk2vhd.exediskext.exediskext64.exedu.exedu64.exeefsdump.exehandle.exehandle64.exehex2dec.exehex2dec64.exejunction.exejunction64.exeldmdump.exelivekd.exelogonsessions.exelogonsessions64.exemovefile.exemovefile64.exenotmyfault.exenotmyfault64.exenotmyfaultc.exenotmyfaultc64.exentfsinfo.exentfsinfo64.exependmoves.exependmoves64.exepipelist.exepipelist64.exeportmon.exeprocdump64.exeprocexp.exeprocexp64.exepsfile.exepsfile64.exepskill.exepskill64.exepslist.exepslist64.exepsloglist.exepsloglist64.exepspasswd.exepspasswd64.exepsping.exepsping64.exepsshutdown.exepssuspend.exepssuspend64.exeregjump.exeru.exeru64.exesdelete.exesdelete64.exesigcheck.exesigcheck64.exestreams.exestreams64.exestrings.exestrings64.exesync.exesync64.exevmmap.exevmmap64.exewhois.exewhois64.exe

ATT&CK

the techniques it is tagged with
T1036.005Masquerading: Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
T1202Indirect Command Execution
T1218System Binary Proxy Execution