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Process Injection by the Microsoft Build Engine
An instance of MSBuild, the Microsoft Build Engine, created a thread in another process. This technique is sometimes used to evade detection or elevate privileges.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation | T1055 Process Injection |
| Defense Evasion | T1055 Process Injection, T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution, T1127.001 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution: MSBuild |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 8 | CreateRemoteThread |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: eql:process
event.provider:"Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon" and process.name:"MSBuild.exe"Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
event.provider | eq |
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process.name | wildcard |
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