blue-team-tools/rules/windows/process_creation/win_susp_script_execution.yml

title: WSF/JSE/JS/VBA/VBE File Execution
id: 1e33157c-53b1-41ad-bbcc-780b80b58288
status: experimental
description: Detects suspicious file execution by wscript and cscript
author: Michael Haag
date: 2019/01/16
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1064
    - attack.t1059.005
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\wscript.exe'
            - '\cscript.exe'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '.jse'
            - '.vbe'
            - '.js'
            - '.vba'
    condition: selection
fields:
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
falsepositives:
    - Will need to be tuned. I recommend adding the user profile path in CommandLine if it is getting too noisy.
level: medium