SQLToolsPS.exe

Run a SQL Server PowerShell mini-console without Module and ScriptBlock Logging.

Use Execute PowerShell command.

SQLToolsPS.exe -noprofile -command Start-Process {PATH:.exe}

Evidence

Upstream reference

Environment

Local host

Context

user

Native

Execute

MITRE

T1218

Detection

Sigma: github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/683b63f8184b93c9564c4310d10c571cbe367e1e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_mssql_sqltoolsps_susp_execution.yml

Splunk: github.com/splunk/security_content/blob/aa9f7e0d13a61626c69367290ed1b7b71d1281fd/docs/_posts/2021-10-05-suspicious_copy_on_system32.md

Refs

twitter.com/pabraeken/status/993298228840992768

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/powershell/sql-server-powershell?view=sql-server-2017

lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/SQLToolsPS/