Certificate Exported Via Certutil.EXE

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: Certificate Exported Via Certutil.EXE
Status: test
Description:Detects the execution of the certutil with the "exportPFX" flag which allows the utility to export certificates.
References:
  -https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/a-golden-saml-journey-solarwinds-continued.html
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2023-02-15
modified:2024-03-05
Tags:
  • -'attack.stealth'
  • -'attack.t1027'
Logsource:
  • category: process_creation
  • product: windows
Detection:
  selection_img:
Image|endswith:'\certutil.exe' OriginalFileName:'CertUtil.exe'   selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains|windash: '-exportPFX '
  condition:all of selection_*
Falsepositives:
  -There legitimate reasons to export certificates. Investigate the activity to determine if it's benign
Level: medium