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Windows Binaries Executed from Non-Default Directory
Description
'The query detects Windows binaries, that can be executed from a non-default directory (e.g. C:\Windows\, C:\Windows\System32 etc.).
Ref: https://lolbas-project.github.io/'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.4
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 1h
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
let procList = externaldata(Process:string) [@"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/master/Sample%20Data/Microsoft_Lolbas_Execution_Binaries.csv"] with (format="csv", ignoreFirstRecord=True);
SecurityEvent
| where EventID == 4688 and Process has_any (procList) and not (NewProcessName has ("C:\\Windows\\"))
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by EventID, Computer, SubjectUserName, NewProcessName, Process, CommandLine
| extend Name=tostring(split(SubjectUserName, "@")[0]), UPNSuffix=tostring(split(SubjectUserName, "@")[1])
| extend HostName = iif(Computer has '.',substring(Computer,0,indexof(Computer,'.')),Computer) , DnsDomain = iif(Computer has '.',substring(Computer,indexof(Computer,'.')+1),'')
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
15049017-527f-4d3b-b011-b0e99e68ef45
Additional source files 3
Solutions/Endpoint Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/WindowsBinariesExecutedfromNon-DefaultDirectory.yamlsource ↗Detections/SecurityEvent/WindowsBinariesExecutedfromNon-DefaultDirectory.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Endpoint Threat Protection Essentials/Data/Solution_EndpointThreatProtectionEssentials.jsonsolution-membership ↗GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC