Svchost spawning cmd.exe | SIEM Guide [7.6]

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Svchost spawning cmd.exeedit

Identifies a suspicious parent-child process relationship with cmd.exe descending from svchost.exe

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum signals per execution: 100

Tags:

Elastic
Windows

Rule version: 1

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0

Rule queryedit

process.parent.name:svchost.exe and process.name:cmd.exe

Threat mappingedit

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
Technique:
- Name: Command-Line Interface
- ID: T1059
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/

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