Detection rules › Sigma
Explorer Process Tree Break
Detects a command line process that uses explorer.exe to launch arbitrary commands or binaries, which is similar to cmd.exe /c, only it breaks the process tree and makes its parent a new instance of explorer spawning from "svchost"
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Defense Evasion | T1036 Masquerading |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: 1 of selection_factory
CommandLine|contains: '/factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b}'
Stage 2: 1 of selection_root
CommandLine|contains: ' /root,'
CommandLine|contains: explorer.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 |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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