Windows AppX Deployment Full Trust Package Installation
Detects the installation of MSIX/AppX packages with full trust privileges which run with elevated privileges outside normal AppX container restrictions
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- LinuxmacOSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source service
- appxdeployment_server
Known benign triggers
- Some legitimate applications installation which have been missed from filtering can generate fps, thus baselining and tuning is recommended before deploying to production
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/msix-weaponization-threat-detection-splunk.html | 3 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- e54279c7-4910-4e2c-902c-c56a25b549f6
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.defense-impairmentattack.execution
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Version
- 2