MediumSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

PsExec Tool Execution From Suspicious Locations - PipeName

Detects PsExec default pipe creation where the image executed is located in a suspicious location. Which could indicate that the tool is being used in an attack

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: pipe_created

Known benign triggers

Rare legitimate use of psexec from the locations mentioned above. This will require initial tuning based on your environment.

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
jpcertcc.github.io/ToolAnalysisResultSheet	Unclassified	4
www.jpcert.or.jp/english/pub/sr/ir_research.html	Unclassified	5

Detection rules

PsExec Tool Execution From Suspicious Locations - PipeName

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules