LowSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution

Detects execution of Sysinternals tools via an AppX package. Attackers could install the Sysinternals Suite to get access to tools such as psexec and procdump to avoid detection based on System paths.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Log source product: windows
Log source service: appmodel_runtime

Known benign triggers

Legitimate usage of sysinternals applications from the Windows Store will trigger this. Apply exclusions as needed.

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/microsoft-store	Product documentation	Only this detection cites it

Detection rules

Sysinternals Tools AppX Versions Execution

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules