SigmaHQ/rules/windows/process_creation/win_susp_taskmgr_parent.yml

title: Taskmgr as Parent
id: 3d7679bd-0c00-440c-97b0-3f204273e6c7
status: experimental
description: Detects the creation of a process from Windows task manager
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1036
author: Florian Roth
date: 2018/03/13
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage: '*\taskmgr.exe'
    filter:
        Image:
            - '*\resmon.exe'
            - '*\mmc.exe'
            - '*\taskmgr.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter
fields:
    - Image
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
falsepositives:
    - Administrative activity
level: low
Converted Sysmon/1 and Security/4688 to generic process creation rules 2019-01-16 22:36:31 +00:00			`title: Taskmgr as Parent`
Added UUIDs to rules 2019-11-12 22:12:27 +00:00			`id: 3d7679bd-0c00-440c-97b0-3f204273e6c7`
Converted Sysmon/1 and Security/4688 to generic process creation rules 2019-01-16 22:36:31 +00:00			`status: experimental`
			`description: Detects the creation of a process from Windows task manager`
atc review 2019-03-06 04:25:12 +00:00			`tags:`
			`- attack.defense_evasion`
			`- attack.t1036`
Converted Sysmon/1 and Security/4688 to generic process creation rules 2019-01-16 22:36:31 +00:00			`author: Florian Roth`
			`date: 2018/03/13`
			`logsource:`
Increased indentation to 4 * Converted (to generic sigma) rules * Converter outputs by default with indentation 4 2019-03-01 23:14:20 +00:00			`category: process_creation`
			`product: windows`
Converted Sysmon/1 and Security/4688 to generic process creation rules 2019-01-16 22:36:31 +00:00			`detection:`
Increased indentation to 4 * Converted (to generic sigma) rules * Converter outputs by default with indentation 4 2019-03-01 23:14:20 +00:00			`selection:`
			`ParentImage: '*\taskmgr.exe'`
			`filter:`
			`Image:`
fix: fixed image in taskmgr rule 2019-06-17 12:57:41 +00:00			`- '*\resmon.exe'`
			`- '*\mmc.exe'`
fix rule: task manager as parent: task manager can be run with higher privileges (show processes from all users --> UAC) and its parent is still the old taskmgr 2019-09-27 15:06:21 +00:00			`- '*\taskmgr.exe'`
Increased indentation to 4 * Converted (to generic sigma) rules * Converter outputs by default with indentation 4 2019-03-01 23:14:20 +00:00			`condition: selection and not filter`
Converted Sysmon/1 and Security/4688 to generic process creation rules 2019-01-16 22:36:31 +00:00			`fields:`
Increased indentation to 4 * Converted (to generic sigma) rules * Converter outputs by default with indentation 4 2019-03-01 23:14:20 +00:00			`- Image`
			`- CommandLine`
			`- ParentCommandLine`
Converted Sysmon/1 and Security/4688 to generic process creation rules 2019-01-16 22:36:31 +00:00			`falsepositives:`
Increased indentation to 4 * Converted (to generic sigma) rules * Converter outputs by default with indentation 4 2019-03-01 23:14:20 +00:00			`- Administrative activity`
Converted Sysmon/1 and Security/4688 to generic process creation rules 2019-01-16 22:36:31 +00:00			`level: low`