Detection rules › Sigma
Suspicious Execution Location Of Wermgr.EXE
Detects suspicious Windows Error Reporting manager (wermgr.exe) execution location.
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
Image|endswith: '\wermgr.exe'
Stage 2: not 1 of filter_main_legit_location
or:
Image|startswith: 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\'
Image|startswith: 'C:\Windows\System32\'
Image|startswith: 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\'
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 |
|---|---|---|
Image | ends_with |
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Image | starts_with |
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