Suspicious Outlook Child Process

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects a suspicious process spawning from an Outlook process.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\OUTLOOK.EXE" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\AppVLP.exe,\bash.exe,\cmd.exe,\cscript.exe,\forfiles.exe,\hh.exe,\mftrace.exe,\msbuild.exe,\msdt.exe,\mshta.exe,\msiexec.exe,\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe,\regsvr32.exe,\schtasks.exe,\scrcons.exe,\scriptrunner.exe,\sh.exe,\svchost.exe,\wmic.exe,\wscript.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

Michael Haag, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis, Elastic, FPT.EagleEye Team