title: Local File Read Using Curl.EXE id: aa6f6ea6-0676-40dd-b510-6e46f02d8867 status: test description: Detects execution of "curl.exe" with the "file://" protocol handler in order to read local files. references: - https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-07-27 tags: - attack.execution logsource: product: windows category: process_creation detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: '\curl.exe' - OriginalFileName: 'curl.exe' selection_cli: CommandLine|contains: 'file:///' condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_curl_local_file_read/info.yml