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HighSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Potential Arbitrary Code Execution Via Node.EXE

Detects the execution node.exe which is shipped with multiple software such as VMware, Adobe...etc. In order to execute arbitrary code. For example to establish reverse shell as seen in Log4j attacks...etc

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

Unlikely

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
blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/09/lazarus-three-rats.html	Threat report	10from 2 sources
nodejs.org/api/cli.html	Unclassified	2from 2 sources
www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/01/18/active-exploitation-of-vmware-horizon-servers/	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
www.sprocketsecurity.com/resources/crossing-the-log4j-horizon-a-vulnerability-with-no-return	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it

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