Potential Mftrace.EXE Abuse
Detects child processes of the "Trace log generation tool for Media Foundation Tools" (Mftrace.exe) which can abused to execute arbitrary binaries.
Detection logic
selection
ParentImage|endswith: \mftrace.exeCondition
selectionRaw YAML
title: Potential Mftrace.EXE Abuse
id: 3d48c9d3-1aa6-418d-98d3-8fd3c01a564e
status: test
description: Detects child processes of the "Trace log generation tool for Media Foundation Tools" (Mftrace.exe) which can abused to execute arbitrary binaries.
references:
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Mftrace/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-06-09
modified: 2023-08-03
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1127
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
ParentImage|endswith: '\mftrace.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate use for tracing purposes
level: mediumFalse positives
- Legitimate use for tracing purposes