MediumSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Arbitrary MSI Download Via Devinit.EXE

Detects a certain command line flag combination used by "devinit.exe", which can be abused as a LOLBIN to download arbitrary MSI packages on a Windows system

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Linux macOS 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

Unknown

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Devinit/	Tool	Only this detection cites it
twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1460815932402679809	Social post	Only this detection cites it

Detection rules

Arbitrary MSI Download Via Devinit.EXE

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules