Suspicious Use of Scriptrunner.exe (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Use of Scriptrunner.exe (via process_creation)
id: e5600b10-c822-54ec-8822-1296d7bbaf59
status: stable
description: This rule detects the "ScriptRunner.exe" binary can be misused to proxy execution through it and bypass possible whitelisting
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Scriptrunner/
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-02-19
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\ScriptRunner.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'ScriptRunner.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: ' -appvscript '
    condition: all of selection*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium