title: Shells spawned by Web Servers
status: experimental
description: Web servers that spawn shell processes could be the result of a successfully placed web shell or an other attack
author: Thomas Patzke
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: sysmon
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 1
        ParentImage:
            - '*\w3wp.exe'
            - '*\httpd.exe'
            - '*\nginx.exe'
            - '*\php-cgi.exe'
        Image:
            - '*\cmd.exe'
            - '*\sh.exe'
            - '*\bash.exe'
            - '*\powershell.exe'
    condition: selection
fields:
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
falsepositives:
    - Particular web applications may spawn a shell process legitimately
level: high