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Windows Application Logs: Detect WSUS deserialization exploitation via InvalidCastException indicators

Flags WSUS (EventID 7053) application log errors matching invalid cast/object data provider strings indicative of CVE-2025-59287 exploitation.

FreeReviewedSigma · High · v5
Product
windows
Service
application
Author
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published
2025-10-31
Updated
2026-07-31
AnalysisDetection

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access → Execution

  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

  14. Impact

What it detects

This rule identifies exploitation attempts against Windows Server Update Services by matching specific deserialization-related cast exception strings in WSUS application logs. Attackers may exploit this class of issues to trigger harmful object deserialization behavior, so these error patterns can serve as high-signal indicators. It relies on Windows application log events with EventID 7053 where Provider_Name is Windows Server Update Services and the event message contains the listed InvalidCastException and related object-casting text.

Reporting behind it

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Changelog

v5
  1. v5
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  2. v4
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  3. v3
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  4. v2
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  5. v1
    No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30

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