Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE
Detects the execution of "ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE", a binary part of Windows Defender used to manage settings in Windows Defender. Users can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads. It can be abused by attackers in order to upload or download files.
Detection logic
selection_img
- CommandLine|contains: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
- Image|endswith: \ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
- OriginalFileName: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exeselection_url
CommandLine|contains:
- ftp://
- http://
- https://Condition
all of selection_*Raw YAML
title: Arbitrary File Download Via ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE
id: 1f0f6176-6482-4027-b151-00071af39d7e
status: test
description: |
Detects the execution of "ConfigSecurityPolicy.EXE", a binary part of Windows Defender used to manage settings in Windows Defender.
Users can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads.
It can be abused by attackers in order to upload or download files.
references:
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/ConfigSecurityPolicy/
author: frack113
date: 2021-11-26
modified: 2022-05-16
tags:
- attack.exfiltration
- attack.t1567
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- CommandLine|contains: ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe
- Image|endswith: '\ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe'
selection_url:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'ftp://'
- 'http://'
- 'https://'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: mediumFalse positives
- Unknown