Potential Mftrace.EXE Abuse

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: Potential Mftrace.EXE Abuse
Status: test
Description:Detects child processes of the "Trace log generation tool for Media Foundation Tools" (Mftrace.exe) which can abused to execute arbitrary binaries.
References:
  -https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/Mftrace/
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-06-09
modified:2023-08-03
Tags:
  • -'attack.execution'
  • -'attack.stealth'
  • -'attack.t1127'
Logsource:
  • category: process_creation
  • product: windows
Detection:
  selection:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\mftrace.exe'
  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Legitimate use for tracing purposes
Level: medium