suspicious_file_downloaded_from_file_sharing_website_via_certutil_exe
Description
Detects the execution of certutil with certain flags that allow the utility to download files from file-sharing websites
Query · yara_l
events:
$process.metadata.event_type = "PROCESS_LAUNCH"
(
re.regex($process.target.process.file.full_path, `\\certutil\.exe$`) nocase or
$process.src.process.file.full_path = "certutil.exe" nocase
)
(
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "urlcache ") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "verifyctl ")
)
(
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), ".githubusercontent.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "anonfiles.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "cdn.discordapp.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "ddns.net") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "dl.dropboxusercontent.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "ghostbin.co") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "glitch.me") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "gofile.io") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "hastebin.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "mediafire.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "mega.nz") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "onrender.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "pages.dev") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "paste.ee") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "pastebin.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "pastebin.pl") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "pastetext.net") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "privatlab.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "privatlab.net") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "send.exploit.in") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "sendspace.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "storage.googleapis.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "storjshare.io") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "supabase.co") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "temp.sh") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "transfer.sh") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "trycloudflare.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "ufile.io") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "w3spaces.com") or
strings.contains(strings.to_lower($process.target.process.command_line), "workers.dev")
)
$process.principal.hostname = $hostname
match:
$hostname over 5m
outcome:
//example usage of specifying test user and hostname to adjust risk score
$risk_score = max(if($process.principal.user.userid = "user" and $process.principal.hostname = "hostname", 0, 15))
$principal_process_pid = array_distinct($process.principal.process.pid)
$principal_process_command_line = array_distinct($process.principal.process.command_line)
$principal_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($process.principal.process.file.sha256)
$principal_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($process.principal.process.file.full_path)
$principal_process_product_specfic_process_id = array_distinct($process.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
$principal_process_parent_process_product_specfic_process_id = array_distinct($process.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
$target_process_pid = array_distinct($process.target.process.pid)
$target_process_command_line = array_distinct($process.target.process.command_line)
$target_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($process.target.process.file.sha256)
$target_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($process.target.process.file.full_path)
$target_process_product_specfic_process_id = array_distinct($process.target.process.product_specific_process_id)
$principal_user_userid = array_distinct($process.principal.user.userid)
$log_type = array_distinct(strings.concat($process.metadata.log_type,"/",$process.metadata.product_event_type))
condition:
$process