MediumSigmaHQ frack113

Potential Suspicious Windows Feature Enabled

Detects usage of the built-in PowerShell cmdlet "Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature" used as a Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. Similar to DISM.exe, this cmdlet is used to enumerate, install, uninstall,…

Description

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Log source product: windows
Log source category: ps_script

Known benign triggers

Legitimate usage of the features listed in the rule.

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/powershell/module/dism/enable-windowsoptionalfeature?view=windowsserver2022-ps	Product documentation	2
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/projfs/enabling-windows-projected-file-system	Product documentation	2
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server	Product documentation	2

Detection rules

Potential Suspicious Windows Feature Enabled

Description

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

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Detection rules