• CommunityEnterprisePlans
  • Intel Exchange
    Intel ExchangeDetections
  • Resources
  • About
  • Leaderboard
Join CommunitySign In
    All Detections

    Webshell Default Recon Command Execution (IIS w3wp.exe)

    avatar
    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Ethan Andrews@eandrews
    •updated May 6, 2026•9•0•369

    Detects an IIS worker process (w3wp.exe) spawning cmd.exe with a specific chain of reconnaissance commands (whoami, hostname, ipconfig). This behavior matches the default execution pattern of the 'hc2.aspx' and 'health_check_t.aspx' webshells observed in an Iranian-Nexus operation against Oman's government.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

    Tags

    T1505.003 - Web ShellT1059.003 - Windows Command ShellT1033 - System Owner/User DiscoveryT1016 - System Network Configuration DiscoveryS0100 - ipconfigG0117 - Fox KittenTA0003 - PersistenceTA0002 - ExecutionTA0007 - DiscoveryCommand ExecutionProcess CreationWindowsWindows Eventlog SecurityMicrosoft Iiskql

    Found in

    • Iranian-Nexus Cyberespionage Against Oman GovernmentLast updated May 6, 2026
    • Iranian-Nexus Cyberespionage Against Oman GovernmentLast updated May 6, 2026

    Community Inspired.
    AI Enhanced.
    Better Detections.

    Follow Us

    Company

    • About
    • Leaderboard

    Product

    • Community
    • Enterprise
    • Plans

    © 2026 Copyright. All Rights Reserved.

    Privacy PolicyTerms of Service

    Sign up to view this detection

    or

    Already have an account?