title: Indirect Command Execution By Program Compatibility Wizard
id: b97cd4b1-30b8-4a9d-bd72-6293928d52bc
status: test
description: Detect indirect command execution via Program Compatibility Assistant pcwrun.exe
author: A. Sungurov , oscd.community
references:
  - https://twitter.com/pabraeken/status/991335019833708544
  - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Pcwrun/
date: 2020/10/12
modified: 2021/11/27
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\pcwrun.exe'
  condition: selection
fields:
  - ComputerName
  - User
  - ParentCommandLine
  - CommandLine
falsepositives:
  - Need to use extra processing with 'unique_count' / 'filter' to focus on outliers as opposed to commonly seen artifacts
  - Legit usage of scripts
level: low
tags:
  - attack.defense_evasion
  - attack.t1218
  - attack.execution
