Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution

Title: Visual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution
Status: test
Description:Detects child processes of Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe that can be used to execute any other binary
References:
  -https://twitter.com/mrd0x/status/1463526834918854661
  -https://gist.github.com/nasbench/a989ce64cefa8081bd50cf6ad8c491b5
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-01-11
modified:2023-04-11
Tags:

• -'attack.execution'
• -'attack.stealth'
• -'attack.t1218'

Logsource:

• category: process_creation
• product: windows

Detection:
  selection:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe'
  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Legitimate use by developers as part of NodeJS development with Visual Studio Tools
Level: medium