RedSun - ConhostEXE Spawned by TieringEngineServiceEXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects two stages of the RedSun post-exploitation process chain that deliver a SYSTEM-level shell to the attackers interact.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ( PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\TieringEngineService.exe" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\conhost.exe,\cmd.exe,\powershell_ise.exe,\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe" ) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

@Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems), @unresolvedhost