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Remote Thread Creation Via PowerShell In Uncommon Target
Detects the creation of a remote thread from a Powershell process in an uncommon target process
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | |
| Stealth |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 8: CreateRemoteThread |
Rule body
title: Remote Thread Creation Via PowerShell In Uncommon Target
id: 99b97608-3e21-4bfe-8217-2a127c396a0e
related:
- id: eeb2e3dc-c1f4-40dd-9bd5-149ee465ad50
type: similar
status: test
description: Detects the creation of a remote thread from a Powershell process in an uncommon target process
references:
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/06/bring-your-own-land-novel-red-teaming-technique.html
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2018-06-25
modified: 2023-11-10
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1218.011
- attack.t1059.001
logsource:
product: windows
category: create_remote_thread
detection:
selection:
SourceImage|endswith:
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
TargetImage|endswith:
# Note: Please add additional potential interesting targets to increase coverage
- '\rundll32.exe'
- '\regsvr32.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
SourceImage|endswith:
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
TargetImage|endswith:
- '\rundll32.exe'
- '\regsvr32.exe'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceImage | ends_with |
| field:"SourceImage" kind:ends_with |
TargetImage | ends_with |
| field:"TargetImage" kind:ends_with |