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Suspicious Execution via DCOM
Identifies suspicious execution via the Distributed Component Object Model service. This may indicate an attempt to evade detection via suspicious process tree.
Detection Logic
sequence with maxspan=1m
[process where event.action == "start" and
process.parent.name : "svchost.exe" and
(
process.Ext.effective_parent.executable :
("?:\\Users\\*",
"?:\\Windows\\Temp\\*",
"?:\\Windows\\Tasks\\*",
"?:\\ProgramData\\*",
"?:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\*") or
process.Ext.effective_parent.name : ("powershell.exe", "cscript.exe", "wscript.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe",
"mshta.exe", "msbuild.exe", "winword.exe", "excel.exe", "powerpnt.exe", "outlook.exe",
"InstallUtil.exe", "Microsoft.Workflow.Compiler.exe", "ScriptRunner.exe", "pwsh.exe", "cmd.exe")
) and
/* excluding AppInfo WerFault Openwith and Dllhost */
not process.executable :
("?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WerFault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\system32\\OpenWith.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\prevhost.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\prevhost.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\vdsldr.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\vdsldr.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\CredentialUIBroker.exe",
"?:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\DriverStore\\FileRepository\\*.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\Dropbox.exe",
"?:\\ProgramData\\*\\Microsoft\\Teams\\current\\Teams.exe",
"?:\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Teams\\current\\Teams.exe",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\OneDrive\\*\\FileCoAuth.exe") and
/* excluding AppInfo */
not process.parent.Ext.real.pid > 0 and
/* noisy FPs */
not (process.name : "rundll32.exe" and
process.args : ("?:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\davclnt.dll,DavSetCookie",
"?:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\EDGEHTML.dll,#141",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*",
"?:\\Program Files\\*")) and
not process.hash.sha256 : "f18a9d2e5af55587a3c13edde7a33a235634b2be8b567fa0a195923305e13f09" and
not (process.code_signature.trusted == true and not process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft*") and
not (process.pe.original_file_name : "msedgeupdate.dll" and process.code_signature.trusted == true)
] by process.entity_id
[process where event.action : "start" and
not process.executable :
("?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\*.exe",
"?:\\WINDOWS\\splwow64.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\IESettingSync.exe",
"?:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\srtasks.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WerFault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\DWWIN.EXE",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\DWWIN.EXE",
"?:\\Windows\\system32\\msiexec.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msiexec.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework*\\csc.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\unregmp2.exe",
"?:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\verclsid.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\system32\\dllhost.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\dllhost.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\mspaint.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\mspaint.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\DriverStore\\FileRepository\\*",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\TokenBrokerCookies.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\Sys*\\PresentationHost.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\w32tm.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\colorcpl.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\colorcpl.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\psr.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\psr.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\BrowserCore\\BrowserCore.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\conhost.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\UsoClient.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\mcbuilder.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\mstsc.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\wermgr.exe",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\EdgeUpdate\\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\EdgeUpdate\\Install\\*\\MicrosoftEdge_X64*.exe",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\EdgeUpdate\\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\EdgeUpdate\\Install\\*\\MicrosoftEdge_*.exe") and
not process.parent.executable :
("?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\InstallShield\\Engine\\*\\IKernel.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\InstallShield\\Engine\\*\\IKernel.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\PresentationHost.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\BL\\BL\\ACTIVEX.OUT.OF.PROCESS\\*.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Minitab\\Minitab *\\Mtb.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\InstallShield\\Driver\\*\\IDriver.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Kerio\\Outlook Connector (Offline Edition)\\KoffBackend.exe") and
not (process.code_signature.trusted == true and not process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft*") and
not (process.executable :
("?:\\Users\\*",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\spool\\drivers\\*",
"?:\\ProgramData\\") and process.code_signature.trusted == true) and
not (process.name : ("rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe") and
process.command_line :
("*windows\\system32\\spool\\DRIVERS\\*MonitorPrintJobStatus*",
"*WINDOWS\\system32\\inetcpl*ClearMyTracksByProcess*",
"*PhotoViewer.dll*ImageView_Fullscreen*",
"*\\Program Files (x86)\\AllesTechnologyAgent\\Super Shield\\SuperShieldHookCpy64.dll*",
"*:\\Windows\\system32\\spool\\DRIVERS\\x64\\3\\*",
"*\\Windows\\System32\\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL ?:\\Windows\\System32\\*")) and
not (process.name : "regsvr32.exe" and process.parent.name : "dllhost.exe" and
process.parent.args : "/Processid:{AA0B85DA-FDDF-4272-8D1D-FF9B966D75B0}") and
not process.hash.sha256 in
("4a06605651958c56e89a468f600c3322e3fdc97c8143bcfd1d8d1ebadb0920fb",
"b04266ca05e8125a1544e68c8852f7d44dde9c7e4f3b08a0383c0bf4ab6cfd2d",
"ef7d80e4cc017ba0b8ca0cef2956ed762f4a3e8053d2569785bfaf735e9aecb9",
"1b71b0b94f70215fa4ed9fe8cf950558eb20413feb54967cade34148ca97793e",
"e08a98f79de70175f6bb4c319b70bc13063aa1f03780709393f4f6d498da9c0f",
"d0f324e0267f7075e60f896cf064538e8398fb51557d2e1a53f348d39d10c3ac",
"1d70bbb5c62a2c27583cd38261c09fdc9c208f6ea96349e535b6c4135c0a8569",
"b52ee82c7e579fd73abc31c368462df9d99c6623be91526ee150706286dc19ee",
"a430089ee8c6d119ee90ca586626038d0e1e8b4fbd742440ce5c83d295f2fc46",
"e600ebf1bdada253a31f59a9870b8aa18d9a985c390510bfe9219acb44da406d",
"d539b4957d8c03b6503357df836f1ed92fa37d73e19e0962d83b3dcba507f4bf",
"91c176db26a66a0ef8249a43d5ff9ccf76571cd965070baf8e72f96559f28289",
"2ec75fa569c0fa92add37c7221d700acd4bd70f5438154695ecccc4fd30b5e60",
"065b386addf06337ad1d40f7b05cbb137c6c4ee7589c1ea22e4e18c0cefe850c",
"3c387b216fe27eaadf788598e8071fdaad5cfa02419f7e068dcfaac0e78276b7") and
not (process.pe.original_file_name == "Teams.exe" and
process.code_signature.trusted == true and process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft Corporation") and
not (process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\conhost.exe" and process.parent.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\sdiagnhost.exe") and
not (process.parent.name : "dllhost.exe" and process.parent.args : "/Processid:{AA0B85DA-FDDF-4272-8D1D-FF9B966D75B0}") and
not (process.name : "rundll32.exe" and process.args : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\dfshim.dll,ShOpenVerbApplication" and
process.parent.command_line : "\"?:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -startmanager -Embedding")
] by process.parent.entity_id Field Validations
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