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Windows Explorer.exe Spawning PowerShell or Cmd
This detection identifies instances where Windows Explorer.exe spawns PowerShell or cmd.exe processes, particularly focusing on executions initiated by LNK files. This behavior is associated with the ZDI-CAN-25373 Windows shortcut zero-day vulnerability, where specially crafted LNK files are used to trigger malicious code execution through cmd.exe or powershell.exe. This technique has been actively exploited by multiple APT groups in targeted attacks through both HTTP and SMB delivery methods.
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Rule sourcedetections/endpoint/windows_explorer_exe_spawning_powershell_or_cmd.yml
| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.parent_process_path="*\\explorer.exe" `process_powershell` OR `process_cmd` by Processes.dest Processes.process_current_directory Processes.process_path Processes.process Processes.original_file_name Processes.parent_process Processes.parent_process_name Processes.parent_process_path Processes.parent_process_guid Processes.parent_process_id Processes.process_guid Processes.process_id Processes.user | `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `windows_explorer_exe_spawning_powershell_or_cmd_filter`