Uncommon Child Process Of Setres.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects uncommon child process of Setres.EXE. Setres.EXE is a Windows server only process and tool that can be used to set the screen resolution. It can potentially be abused in order to launch any arbitrary file with a name containing the word "choice" from the current execution path.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\setres.exe" AND PROCESSNAME contains "\choice") AND PROCESSNAME notendswith "C:\Windows\System32\choice.exe,C:\Windows\SysWOW64\choice.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
@gott_cyber, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
