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PowerShell spawning Cmd
editPowerShell spawning Cmd
editIdentifies a suspicious parent child process relationship with cmd.exe
descending from PowerShell.exe.
Rule type: query
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
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Rule query
editprocess.parent.name:powershell.exe and process.name:cmd.exe
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Command-Line Interface
- ID: T1059
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: PowerShell
- ID: T1086
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1086/
Rule version history
edit- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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- Formatting only.