Rules: Abnormal Parent-Child Process Combination
This alert detects a Windows process spawned by a parent process that does not normally spawn it.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Templated Match |
| Category | Execution |
| Apply Risk to Entities | device_ip, user_username, device_hostname |
| Signal Name | Abnormal Parent-Child Process Combination |
| Summary Expression | Process: {{baseImage}} spawned by Parent Process: {{parentBaseImage}} on host: {{device_hostname}} by user: {{user_username}} |
| Score/Severity | Static: 3 |
| Enabled by Default | True |
| Prototype | False |
| Tags | _mitreAttackTactic:TA0002, _mitreAttackTactic:TA0005, _mitreAttackTechnique:T1036, _mitreAttackTechnique:T1036.004, _mitreAttackTechnique:T1036.005 |
- CrowdStrike - FDR
- Digital Guardian - ARC
- Microsoft - Azure
- Microsoft - Office 365
- Microsoft - Windows
- VMware - Carbon Black Cloud
| Origin | Field |
|---|---|
| Normalized Schema | baseImage |
| Normalized Schema | commandLine |
| Normalized Schema | device_hostname |
| Normalized Schema | device_ip |
| Normalized Schema | parentBaseImage |
| Normalized Schema | user_username |