Uncommon Svchost Parent Process

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects an uncommon svchost parent process

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\svchost.exe" AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME notendswith "\Mrt.exe,\MsMpEng.exe,\ngen.exe,\rpcnet.exe,\services.exe,\TiWorker.exe" AND isExist(PARENTPROCESSNAME) AND PARENTPROCESSNAME != "-,") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)