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Execution of Persistent Suspicious Program
editExecution of Persistent Suspicious Program
editIdentifies execution of suspicious persistent programs (scripts, rundll32, etc.) by looking at process lineage and command line usage.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Persistence
Version: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule query
edit/* userinit followed by explorer followed by early child process of
explorer (unlikely to be launched interactively) within 1m */ sequence
by host.id, user.name with maxspan=1m [process where event.type in
("start", "process_started") and process.name : "userinit.exe" and
process.parent.name : "winlogon.exe"] [process where event.type in
("start", "process_started") and process.name : "explorer.exe"]
[process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.parent.name : "explorer.exe" and /* add suspicious programs
here */ process.pe.original_file_name in ("cscript.exe",
"wscript.exe", "PowerShell.EXE",
"MSHTA.EXE", "RUNDLL32.EXE",
"REGSVR32.EXE", "RegAsm.exe",
"MSBuild.exe", "InstallUtil.exe")
and /* add potential suspicious paths here */ process.args :
("C:\\Users\\*", "C:\\ProgramData\\*", "C:\\Windows\\Temp\\*",
"C:\\Windows\\Tasks\\*", "C:\\PerfLogs\\*", "C:\\Intel\\*") ]
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
-
Technique:
- Name: Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
- ID: T1547
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/