Splunk Enterprise Security

Splunk search for double file extension

crisp023
New Member

I am trying to build a use case for files that have a double file extension since these can often be the source of malware. I haven't had any success building a search string for this. Has anyone had any success building a search for locating the execution of double file extensions? Even if I can just build a search for the double file extensions, I can try to go from there. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

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jpolvino
Builder

This will pick up double extensions, and ones with more:
"\w+(\.\w+){2,}$

See https://regex101.com/r/0bZcWs/1

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jpolvino
Builder

This will pick up double extensions, and ones with more:
"\w+(\.\w+){2,}$

See https://regex101.com/r/0bZcWs/1

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crisp023
New Member

Thanks!!!!

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Searching for the regular expression \.[^\.]+\. should locate files with 2 extensions. You should search specific fields to avoid false positives.

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crisp023
New Member

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

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