LoFP / administrators building packages using iexpress.exe

Techniques

• t1218

Sample rules

Self Extracting Package Creation Via Iexpress.EXE From Potentially Suspicious Location

• source: sigma
• technicques:
  • t1218

Description

Detects the use of iexpress.exe to create binaries via Self Extraction Directive (SED) files located in potentially suspicious locations. This behavior has been observed in-the-wild by different threat actors.

Detection logic

condition: all of selection_*
selection_cli:
  CommandLine|contains: ' /n '
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: \iexpress.exe
- OriginalFileName: IEXPRESS.exe
selection_paths:
  CommandLine|contains:
  - :\ProgramData\
  - :\Temp\
  - :\Windows\System32\Tasks\
  - :\Windows\Tasks\
  - :\Windows\Temp\
  - \AppData\Local\Temp\