title: Impacket PsExec Execution
author: Bhabesh Raj
date: 2020/12/14
description: Detects execution of Impacket's psexec.py.
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 5145
  SELECTION_2:
    ShareName: \\*\IPC$
  SELECTION_3:
    RelativeTargetName:
    - '*RemCom_stdint*'
    - '*RemCom_stdoutt*'
    - '*RemCom_stderrt*'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3)
falsepositives:
- nothing observed so far
id: 32d56ea1-417f-44ff-822b-882873f5f43b
level: high
logsource:
  definition: The advanced audit policy setting "Object Access > Audit Detailed File
    Share" must be configured for Success/Failure
  product: windows
  service: security
references:
- https://blog.menasec.net/2019/02/threat-hunting-3-detecting-psexec.html
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.lateral_movement
- attack.t1021.002
ruletype: SIGMA