Suspicious ArcSOC.exe Child Process

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects script interpreters, command-line tools, and similar suspicious child processes of ArcSOC.exe.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\ArcSOC.exe" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\cmd.exe,\cscript.exe,\mshta.exe,\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe,\regsvr32.exe,\rundll32.exe,\wmic.exe,\wscript.exe" AND PROCESSNAME notcontains "\cmd.exe" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "cmd.exe /c" AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "ver") 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

@Micah Babinski