Nasreddine Bencherchali
41 lines
1.5 KiB
YAML
41 lines
1.5 KiB
YAML
title: Potential PE Metadata Tamper Using Rcedit
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id: 0c92f2e6-f08f-4b73-9216-ecb0ca634689
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status: experimental
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description: Detects the use of rcedit to potentially alter executable PE metadata properties, which could conceal efforts to rename system utilities for defense evasion.
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references:
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- https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/210843/is-it-possible-to-change-original-filename-of-an-exe
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- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/02e8e8c5d430d8b768980f517b62d7792d690982b9ba0f7e04163cbc1a6e7915
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- https://github.com/electron/rcedit
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author: Micah Babinski
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date: 2022/12/11
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tags:
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- attack.defense_evasion
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- attack.t1036.003
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- attack.t1036
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- attack.t1027.005
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- attack.t1027
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logsource:
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category: process_creation
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product: windows
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detection:
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selection_img:
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- Image|endswith:
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- '\rcedit-x64.exe'
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- '\rcedit-x86.exe'
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- Description: 'Edit resources of exe'
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- Product: 'rcedit'
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selection_flags:
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CommandLine|contains: '--set-' # Covers multiple edit commands such as "--set-resource-string" or "--set-version-string"
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selection_attributes:
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CommandLine|contains:
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- 'OriginalFileName'
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- 'CompanyName'
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- 'FileDescription'
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- 'ProductName'
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- 'ProductVersion'
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- 'LegalCopyright'
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condition: all of selection_*
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falsepositives:
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- Legitimate use of the tool by administrators or users to update metadata of a binary
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level: medium
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