Masquerading Executable As Non Exec File Type

Date: 2025-11-14 ID: 0f2d6b50-c15e-11f0-8cf9-629be353806a Author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk Environment: attack_range Directory: masquerading_executable_as_non_exec_file_type

Description

Generated datasets for masquerading executable as non exec file type in attack range.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1036.008	Masquerade File Type	Defense Evasion

Environment Details

Field	Value
Environment	attack_range
Directory	masquerading_executable_as_non_exec_file_type
Test Date	2025-11-14

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Non_exec_ext_but_exec_detected.log

Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1036.008/masquerading_executable_as_non_exec_file_type/non_exec_ext_but_exec_detected.log
Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name	Type	Source	MITRE ATT&CK	Analytic Story
Windows Executable Masquerading as Benign File Types	`Anomaly`	Endpoint	T1036.008	NetSupport RMM Tool Abuse

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1036.008/masquerading_executable_as_non_exec_file_type/non_exec_ext_but_exec_detected.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0