proc_creation_win_lolbin_syncappvpublishingserver_execute_psh.yml

title: SyncAppvPublishingServer Execute Arbitrary PowerShell Code
id: fbd7c32d-db2a-4418-b92c-566eb8911133
related:
    - id: fde7929d-8beb-4a4c-b922-be9974671667
      type: obsoletes
status: experimental
author: frack113
date: 2021/07/12
modified: 2022/10/04
description: Executes arbitrary PowerShell code using SyncAppvPublishingServer.exe.
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1218/T1218.md
    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Syncappvpublishingserver/
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\SyncAppvPublishingServer.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'syncappvpublishingserver.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: '"n; '
    condition: all of selection_*
fields:
    - ComputerName
    - User
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
falsepositives:
    - App-V clients
level: medium