title: PowerShell Downgrade Attack
id: b3512211-c67e-4707-bedc-66efc7848863
related:
    - id: 6331d09b-4785-4c13-980f-f96661356249
      type: derived
status: experimental
description: Detects PowerShell downgrade attack by comparing the host versions with the actually used engine version 2.0
references:
    - http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2017/03/17/detecting-and-preventing-powershell-downgrade-attacks/
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1086          # an old one
    - attack.t1059.001
author: Harish Segar (rule)
date: 2020/03/20
falsepositives:
    - Penetration Test
    - Unknown
level: medium
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' -version 2 '
            - ' -versio 2 '
            - ' -versi 2 '
            - ' -vers 2 '
            - ' -ver 2 '
            - ' -ve 2 '
        Image|endswith: '\powershell.exe'
    condition: selection