Suspicious Execution of PUA - AdFind.EXE (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Execution of PUA - AdFind.EXE (via process_creation)
id: 4720b1d4-d048-5979-a8f3-43b8667c7d60
status: stable
description: This rule detects execution of Adfind.exe utility, that can be used for reconnaissance in an Active Directory environment
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/002/
    - https://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1087.002/T1087.002.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-07-24
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1087.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection:
        - Image|endswith: '\AdFind.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'AdFind.exe'
        - Hashes|contains:
              - 'IMPHASH=d144de8117df2beceaba2201ad304764'
              - 'IMPHASH=12ce1c0f3f5837ecc18a3782408fa975'
              - 'IMPHASH=bca5675746d13a1f246e2da3c2217492'
              - 'IMPHASH=4fbf3f084fbbb2470b80b2013134df35'
              - 'IMPHASH=49b639b4acbecc49d72a01f357aa4930'
              - 'IMPHASH=53e117a96057eaf19c41380d0e87f1c2'
              - 'IMPHASH=680dad9e300346e05a85023965867201'
              - 'IMPHASH=21aa085d54992511b9f115355e468782'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_pua_adfind_execution/info.yml