Potential Arbitrary Command Execution Using Msdt.EXE
Detects processes leveraging the "ms-msdt" handler or the "msdt.exe" binary to execute arbitrary commands as seen in the follina (CVE-2022-30190) vulnerability
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
- Unknown
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 |
|---|---|
| app.any.run/tasks/713f05d2-fe78-4b9d-a744-f7c133e3fafb/ | 7from 2 sources |
| twitter.com/_JohnHammond/status/1531672601067675648 | Only this detection cites it |
| twitter.com/nao_sec/status/1530196847679401984 | 4from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 258fc8ce-8352-443a-9120-8a11e4857fa5
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1