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Suspicious Child Process from WinGet Configuration Remoting Server
Identifies high-risk interpreters and LOLBins spawned by ConfigurationRemotingServer.exe, the WinGet Configuration remoting worker. Legitimate WinGet configuration may invoke some of these rarely; unexpected children can indicate abuse of the WinGet Configuration COM API to run attacker-controlled actions through Microsoft-signed plumbing, as described in public research on DSCourier.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | |
| Stealth |
Rule body
[rule]
description = """
Identifies high-risk interpreters and LOLBins spawned by ConfigurationRemotingServer.exe, the WinGet Configuration
remoting worker. Legitimate WinGet configuration may invoke some of these rarely; unexpected children can indicate abuse
of the WinGet Configuration COM API to run attacker-controlled actions through Microsoft-signed plumbing, as described
in public research on DSCourier.
"""
id = "a3c7e9b1-2d4f-5a6c-8e0b-1f3d5a7c9e0b"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Suspicious Child Process from WinGet Configuration Remoting Server"
os_list = ["windows"]
reference = ["https://github.com/DylanDavis1/DSCourier"]
version = "1.0.1"
query = '''
process where event.action == "start" and
process.parent.name : "ConfigurationRemotingServer.exe" and
process.name : ("powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe", "cmd.exe", "wscript.exe", "cscript.exe",
"bash.exe", "wsl.exe", "mshta.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe", "msiexec.exe",
"msbuild.exe", "installutil.exe", "regasm.exe", "regsvcs.exe", "curl.exe", "openssh.exe")
'''
min_endpoint_version = "8.16.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0
tree = true
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.parent.entity_id"
state = 0
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1059"
name = "Command and Scripting Interpreter"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1059.001"
name = "PowerShell"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1218"
name = "System Binary Proxy Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"
[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.16.0"
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: process
process where event.action == "start" and
process.parent.name : "ConfigurationRemotingServer.exe" and
process.name : ("powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe", "cmd.exe", "wscript.exe", "cscript.exe",
"bash.exe", "wsl.exe", "mshta.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe", "msiexec.exe",
"msbuild.exe", "installutil.exe", "regasm.exe", "regsvcs.exe", "curl.exe", "openssh.exe")
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
event.action | eq |
| field:"EventType" kind:eq value:"start" |
process.name | wildcard |
| field:"process_name" kind:wildcard |
process.parent.name | wildcard |
| field:"parent_process_name" kind:wildcard value:"ConfigurationRemotingServer.exe" |