title: Malicious PowerShell Keywords
id: f62176f3-8128-4faa-bf6c-83261322e5eb
status: experimental
description: Detects keywords from well-known PowerShell exploitation frameworks
modified: 2019/01/22
references:
    - https://adsecurity.org/?p=2921
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1086
author: Sean Metcalf (source), Florian Roth (rule)
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: powershell
    definition: 'It is recommended to use the new "Script Block Logging" of PowerShell v5 https://adsecurity.org/?p=2277'
detection:
    keywords:
        Message:
            - "*AdjustTokenPrivileges*"
            - "*IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR64_MAGIC*"
            - "*Microsoft.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods*"
            - "*ReadProcessMemory.Invoke*"
            - "*SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED*"
            - "*LSA_UNICODE_STRING*"
            - "*MiniDumpWriteDump*"
            - "*PAGE_EXECUTE_READ*"
            - "*SECURITY_DELEGATION*"
            - "*TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES*"
            - "*TOKEN_ALL_ACCESS*"
            - "*TOKEN_ASSIGN_PRIMARY*"
            - "*TOKEN_DUPLICATE*"
            - "*TOKEN_ELEVATION*"
            - "*TOKEN_IMPERSONATE*"
            - "*TOKEN_INFORMATION_CLASS*"
            - "*TOKEN_PRIVILEGES*"
            - "*TOKEN_QUERY*"
            - "*Metasploit*"
            - "*Mimikatz*"
    condition: keywords
falsepositives:
    - Penetration tests
level: high