Potential Suspicious Winget Package Installation
Detects potential suspicious winget package installation from a suspicious source.
Detection logic
selection
Contents|startswith: "[ZoneTransfer] ZoneId=3"
Contents|contains:
- ://1
- ://2
- ://3
- ://4
- ://5
- ://6
- ://7
- ://8
- ://9
TargetFilename|endswith: :Zone.Identifier
TargetFilename|contains: \AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\Condition
selectionRaw YAML
title: Potential Suspicious Winget Package Installation
id: a3f5c081-e75b-43a0-9f5b-51f26fe5dba2
status: test
description: Detects potential suspicious winget package installation from a suspicious source.
references:
- https://github.com/nasbench/Misc-Research/tree/b9596e8109dcdb16ec353f316678927e507a5b8d/LOLBINs/Winget
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-04-18
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.stealth
logsource:
product: windows
category: create_stream_hash
detection:
selection:
Contents|startswith: '[ZoneTransfer] ZoneId=3'
Contents|contains:
# Note: Add any untrusted sources that are custom to your env
- '://1'
- '://2'
- '://3'
- '://4'
- '://5'
- '://6'
- '://7'
- '://8'
- '://9'
TargetFilename|endswith: ':Zone.Identifier'
TargetFilename|contains: '\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: highFalse positives
- Unknown
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