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Potential Process Herpaderping Attemptedit
Identifies process execution followed by a file overwrite of an executable by the same parent process. This may indicate an evasion attempt to execute malicious code in a stealthy way.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Defense Evasion
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
Version: 105
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
sequence with maxspan=5s
[process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and not process.parent.executable :
(
"?:\\Windows\\SoftwareDistribution\\*.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Elastic\\Agent\\data\\*.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Trend Micro\\*.exe"
)
] by host.id, process.executable, process.parent.entity_id
[file where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "change" and event.action == "overwrite" and file.extension == "exe"] by host.id, file.path, process.entity_id
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
-
Technique:
- Name: Masquerading
- ID: T1036
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/