Adobe Hijack Persistenceedit

Detects the creation of an executable file or files that will be automatically run by Acrobat Reader when it starts.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • winlogbeat-*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum signals per execution: 100

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Windows

Version: 2 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.2

Rule queryedit

file.path:("C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader
DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" or "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe") and event.action:"File created
(rule: FileCreate)" and not process.name:msiexec.exe

Threat mappingedit

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

Rule version historyedit

Version 2 (7.6.2 release)

Updated query, changed from:

file.path:("C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader
DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" or "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe") and event.action:"File created
(rule: FileCreate)" and not process.name:msiexeec.exe