Uncommon Child Process Of Conhost.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects uncommon "conhost" child processes. This could be a sign of "conhost" usage as a LOLBIN or potential process injection activity.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\conhost.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME notendswith ":\Windows\System32\conhost.exe" AND isExist(PROCESSNAME) AND PROCESSNAME != "") AND SOURCE != "SystemTraceProvider-Process" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

omkar72