Suspicious Processes Spawned by Java.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects suspicious processes spawned from a Java host process which could indicate a sign of exploitation (e.g. log4j)

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\java.exe" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\AppVLP.exe,\bitsadmin.exe,\certutil.exe,\cscript.exe,\curl.exe,\forfiles.exe,\hh.exe,\mftrace.exe,\mshta.exe,\net.exe,\net1.exe,\query.exe,\reg.exe,\regsvr32.exe,\rundll32.exe,\schtasks.exe,\scrcons.exe,\scriptrunner.exe,\sh.exe,\systeminfo.exe,\whoami.exe,\wmic.exe,\wscript.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Andreas Hunkeler (@Karneades), Florian Roth