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Possible Execution of Sysinternals Utilities (via process_creation)

This rule detects command lines that contain the 'accepteula' flag which could be a sign of execution of one of the Sysinternals tools

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title: Possible Execution of Sysinternals Utilities (via process_creation)
id: 75bc0617-5cb2-5b89-b287-bbed5af6200d
status: stable
description: This rule detects command lines that contain the 'accepteula' flag which could be a sign of execution of one of the Sysinternals tools
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1588/002/
    - https://twitter.com/Moti_B/status/1008587936735035392
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-06-19
tags:
    - attack.resource-development
    - attack.t1588.002
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -accepteula'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low

Known false positives

  • Unknown

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