BIOC Informational

Wscript / Cscript executed from a temporary directory

An attacker may try to avoid detection by executing wscript/cscript scripts from a temporary directory.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Agent event type:
Process execution
Category:
Collection
Status:
Enabled
ATT&CK tactics: Collection (TA0009)
ATT&CK techniques: Data Staged: Local Data Staging (T1074.001)
Indicator:

Process action type = execution AND target process path = *tmp* , *temp* AND target process cmd =~ (?i)(.* [\/]{1,2}([bisx] |[eh]:(.script|.*script)?|job:|t:\d{1,5})).* Host host os = windows

Preventable: yes