MediumSigmaHQ frack113

Msiexec Quiet Installation

Adversaries may abuse msiexec.exe to proxy execution of malicious payloads. Msiexec.exe is the command-line utility for the Windows Installer and is thus commonly associated with executing installation packages (.msi)

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

WindowsApps installing updates via the quiet flag

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
github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1218.007/T1218.007.md	Detection test	5
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/msiexec	Product documentation	2
twitter.com/_st0pp3r_/status/1583914244344799235	Social post	Only this detection cites it

Detection rules

Msiexec Quiet Installation

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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Detection rules