Microsoft diagnostics tool
msdt.exe -path C:\WINDOWS\diagnostics\index\PCWDiagnostic.xml -af C:\PCW8E57.xml /skip TRUE
Executes the Microsoft Diagnostics Tool and executes the malicious .MSI referenced in the PCW8E57.xml file.
Execute code
C:\Windows\System32\Msdt.exe, C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Msdt.exe
Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/6199a703221a98ae6ad343c79c558da375203e4e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_msdt_answer_file.yml, Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/c04bef2fbbe8beff6c7620d5d7ea6872dbe7acba/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_msdt_arbitrary_command_execution.yml, Elastic: https://github.com/elastic/detection-rules/blob/414d32027632a49fb239abb8fbbb55d3fa8dd861/rules/windows/defense_evasion_network_connection_from_windows_binary.toml
Nasreddine Bencherchali (@nas_bench)