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Microsoft Exchange Server UM Spawning Suspicious Processes
Identifies suspicious processes being spawned by the Microsoft Exchange Server Unified Messaging (UM) service. This activity has been observed exploiting CVE-2021-26857.
Detection Logic
process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
process.parent.name : ("UMService.exe", "UMWorkerProcess.exe") and
not process.executable : (
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\werfault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\wermgr.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\Exchange Server\\V??\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\Exchange Server\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"D:\\Exchange 2016\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"E:\\ExchangeServer\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"D:\\Exchange\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"D:\\Exchange Server\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"E:\\Exchange Server\\V15\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
/* Crowdstrike specific exclusion as it uses NT Object paths */
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\System32\\werfault.exe",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\System32\\wermgr.exe",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\Exchange Server\\V??\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\Exchange Server\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Exchange 2016\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\ExchangeServer\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Exchange\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Exchange Server\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe",
"\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Exchange Server\\V15\\Bin\\UMWorkerProcess.exe"
) False Positives
- ⚠ Legitimate processes may be spawned from the Microsoft Exchange Server Unified Messaging (UM) service. If known processes are causing false positives, they can be exempted from the rule.
Field Validations
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