HighSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Potential Adplus.EXE Abuse

Detects execution of "AdPlus.exe", a binary that is part of the Windows SDK that can be used as a LOLBIN in order to dump process memory and execute arbitrary commands.

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: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Legitimate usage of Adplus for debugging purposes

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
lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Adplus/	Tool	Only this detection cites it
twitter.com/nas_bench/status/1534915321856917506	Social post	Only this detection cites it
twitter.com/nas_bench/status/1534916659676422152	Social post	Only this detection cites it

Detection rules

Potential Adplus.EXE Abuse

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules