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Suspicious MSDT Parent Process
Detects msdt.exe executed by a suspicious parent as seen in CVE-2022-30190 / Follina exploitation
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Stealth |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
Rule body
title: Suspicious MSDT Parent Process
id: 7a74da6b-ea76-47db-92cc-874ad90df734
status: test
description: Detects msdt.exe executed by a suspicious parent as seen in CVE-2022-30190 / Follina exploitation
references:
- https://twitter.com/nao_sec/status/1530196847679401984
- https://app.any.run/tasks/713f05d2-fe78-4b9d-a744-f7c133e3fafb/
author: Nextron Systems
date: 2022-06-01
modified: 2023-02-06
tags:
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1036
- attack.t1218
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_parent:
ParentImage|endswith:
- '\cmd.exe'
- '\cscript.exe'
- '\mshta.exe'
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
- '\regsvr32.exe'
- '\rundll32.exe'
- '\schtasks.exe'
- '\wmic.exe'
- '\wscript.exe'
- '\wsl.exe'
# Note: office applications are covered by: 438025f9-5856-4663-83f7-52f878a70a50
selection_msdt:
- Image|endswith: '\msdt.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'msdt.exe'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
all of selection_*Stage 1: selection_parent
selection_parent:
ParentImage|endswith:
- '\cmd.exe'
- '\cscript.exe'
- '\mshta.exe'
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
- '\regsvr32.exe'
- '\rundll32.exe'
- '\schtasks.exe'
- '\wmic.exe'
- '\wscript.exe'
- '\wsl.exe'
Stage 2: selection_msdt
selection_msdt:
- Image|endswith: '\msdt.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'msdt.exe'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with value:"\msdt.exe" |
OriginalFileName | eq |
| field:"OriginalFileName" kind:eq value:"msdt.exe" |
ParentImage | ends_with |
| field:"ParentImage" kind:ends_with |