MSI Installation From Suspicious Locations
Detects MSI package installation from suspicious locations
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source service
- application
Known benign triggers
- False positives may occur if you allow installation from folders such as the desktop, the public folder or remote shares. A baseline is required before production use.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- c7c8aa1c-5aff-408e-828b-998e3620b341
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.execution
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1