action: global
title: Quick Execution of a Series of Suspicious Commands
description: Detects multiple suspicious process in a limited timeframe
status: experimental
references:
    - https://car.mitre.org/wiki/CAR-2013-04-002
author: juju4
modified: 2012/12/11
falsepositives:
    - False positives depend on scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment
level: low
---
# Windows Audit Log
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: 'Requirements: Audit Policy : Detailed Tracking > Audit Process creation, Group Policy : Administrative Templates\System\Audit Process Creation'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4688
        ProcessCommandLine: 
            - arp.exe
            - at.exe
            - attrib.exe
            - cscript.exe
            - dsquery.exe
            - hostname.exe
            - ipconfig.exe
            - mimikatz.exe
            - nbstat.exe
            - net.exe
            - netsh.exe
            - nslookup.exe
            - ping.exe
            - quser.exe
            - qwinsta.exe
            - reg.exe
            - runas.exe
            - sc.exe
            - schtasks.exe
            - ssh.exe
            - systeminfo.exe
            - taskkill.exe
            - telnet.exe
            - tracert.exe
            - wscript.exe
            - xcopy.exe
# others
            - pscp.exe
            - copy.exe
            - robocopy.exe
            - certutil.exe
            - vssadmin.exe
            - powershell.exe
            - wevtutil.exe
            - psexec.exe
            - bcedit.exe
            - wbadmin.exe
            - icacls.exe
            - diskpart.exe
    timeframe: 5m
    condition: selection | count() by MachineName > 5
---
# Sysmon
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: sysmon
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 1
        CommandLine: 
            - arp.exe
            - at.exe
            - attrib.exe
            - cscript.exe
            - dsquery.exe
            - hostname.exe
            - ipconfig.exe
            - mimikatz.exe
            - nbstat.exe
            - net.exe
            - netsh.exe
            - nslookup.exe
            - ping.exe
            - quser.exe
            - qwinsta.exe
            - reg.exe
            - runas.exe
            - sc.exe
            - schtasks.exe
            - ssh.exe
            - systeminfo.exe
            - taskkill.exe
            - telnet.exe
            - tracert.exe
            - wscript.exe
            - xcopy.exe
# others
            - pscp.exe
            - copy.exe
            - robocopy.exe
            - certutil.exe
            - vssadmin.exe
            - powershell.exe
            - wevtutil.exe
            - psexec.exe
            - bcedit.exe
            - wbadmin.exe
            - icacls.exe
            - diskpart.exe
    timeframe: 5m
    condition: selection | count() by MachineName > 5