title: Curl.EXE Execution
id: bbeaed61-1990-4773-bf57-b81dbad7db2d
related:
    - id: e218595b-bbe7-4ee5-8a96-f32a24ad3468 # Suspicious curl execution
      type: derived
status: test
description: Detects a curl process start on Windows, which could indicates a file download from a remote location or a simple web request to a remote server
references:
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20200128160046/https://twitter.com/reegun21/status/1222093798009790464
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022/07/05
modified: 2023/02/21
tags:
    - attack.command_and_control
    - attack.t1105
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        - Image|endswith: '\curl.exe'
        - Product: 'The curl executable'
    condition: selection
fields:
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
falsepositives:
    - Scripts created by developers and admins
    - Administrative activity
level: low