Potential Commandline Obfuscation Using Escape Characters

Detects potential commandline obfuscation using known escape characters

Detection logic

Platform: ESXi 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

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
twitter.com/Hexacorn/status/885553465417756673	Social post	Only this detection cites it
twitter.com/Hexacorn/status/885570278637678592	Social post	Only this detection cites it
twitter.com/vysecurity/status/885545634958385153	Social post	Only this detection cites it
web.archive.org/web/20190213114956/http://www.windowsinspired.com/understanding-the-command-line-string-and-arguments-received-by-a-windows-program/	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/obfuscation-wild-targeted-attackers-lead-way-evasion-techniques	Threat report	Only this detection cites it