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Appx Deployment

Date: 2025-08-07 ID: cc912623-efc9-11eb-926b-550bf0943f12 Author: Michael Haag, Splunk Environment: attack_range Directory: appx_deployment

Description

Windows Appx Deployment Server logs

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory appx_deployment
Test Date 2025-08-07

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Appx

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1204.002/appx/windows_appxdeploymentserver.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-AppXDeployment-Server

Appx

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1204.002/appx/windows-appxpackaging.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-AppxPackagingOM

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

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Windows MSIX Package Interaction Hunting Endpoint T1204.002 MSIX Package Abuse
Windows AppX Deployment Full Trust Package Installation Hunting Endpoint T1553.005, T1204.002 MSIX Package Abuse
Windows Developer-Signed MSIX Package Installation Anomaly Endpoint T1553.005, T1204.002 MSIX Package Abuse
Windows AppX Deployment Package Installation Success Anomaly Endpoint T1204.002 MSIX Package Abuse
Windows AppX Deployment Unsigned Package Installation TTP Endpoint T1553.005, T1204.002 MSIX Package 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/T1204.002/appx/windows_appxdeploymentserver.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

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

Related Content

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

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0