Suspicious Abusing Print Executable (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Abusing Print Executable (via process_creation)
id: 4052ce0b-ee20-5be8-a9f8-d38955248604
status: stable
description: This rule detects adversaries can use print.exe for remote file copy
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Print/
    - https://twitter.com/Oddvarmoe/status/985518877076541440
author: 'Huntrule Team'
date: 2026-01-25
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\print.exe'
        CommandLine|startswith: 'print'
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '/D'
            - '.exe'
    filter_print:
        CommandLine|contains: 'print.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter_print
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium