title: MSHTA Spwaned by SVCHOST
id: ed5d72a6-f8f4-479d-ba79-02f6a80d7471
status: experimental
description: Detects MSHTA.EXE spwaned by SVCHOST as seen in LethalHTA and described in report
references:
    - https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2018/07/lethalhta.html
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1218.005
    - attack.execution  # an old one
    - attack.t1170  # an old one
author: Markus Neis
date: 2018/06/07
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\svchost.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\mshta.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high