Exceptions rule created for VMWARE Tools.

Description

Query · wazuh

field win.eventdata.sourceImage="(?i)^C:\\\\Program Files\\\\VMware\\\\VMware Tools\\\\vmtoolsd.exe$"

No license declared

socfortress/Wazuh-Rules publishes no license, and without an express grant the default is all rights reserved. The query above is synthesized from the rule rather than copied out of it, so you can see what the rule matches on; the rule as written stays upstream.

Read the full rule at Exclusion Rules/900000-exclusion_rules.xml ↗. Why this rule is treated this way.

Fires when

Wazuh evaluates a chain top-down. Every rule above this one must match on the same event before this rule is tested at all.

92400 Possible code injection on explorer.exe by · win.eventdata.targetImage = (?i)[c-z]:\\\\Windows\\\\explorer\.exe anchor level 12

field win.eventdata.targetImage="(?i)[c-z]:\\\\Windows\\\\explorer\.exe"
900084 Exceptions rule created for VMWARE Tools. exclusion level 1 this rule

field win.eventdata.sourceImage="(?i)^C:\\\\Program Files\\\\VMware\\\\VMware Tools\\\\vmtoolsd.exe$"

Rule dependencies

Depends on

composes · Wazuh if_sid 92400
- Possible code injection on explorer.exe by · win.eventdata.targetImage = (?i)[c-z]:\\\\Windows\\\\explorer\.exe

Detection tier

Not a detection

This rule makes no claim about adversary activity — it asserts configuration, suppresses an alert, or records a policy violation — so it sits at no rung of the pyramid.

Metadata

Source: socfortress/Wazuh-Rules
License: No license declared
Severity: Low
Status: Unknown
Query type: wazuh
Created: 2022-08-08
Modified: 2025-12-04
Authored by: socfortress
Source ID
Upstream: Exclusion Rules/900000-exclusion_rules.xml
Type: exclusion
Platforms: windows