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Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Crash - WER
This rule detects a suspicious crash of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Stealth | T1211 Exploitation for Stealth |
| Defense Impairment | T1685 Disable or Modify Tools |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event |
|---|---|
| Windows-Error-Reporting | Event ID 1001 |
Rule body yaml
title: Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Crash - WER
id: 6c82cf5c-090d-4d57-9188-533577631108
status: test
description: This rule detects a suspicious crash of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
references:
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1252&desc=5
- https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/4022344
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-05-09
modified: 2023-04-14
tags:
- attack.stealth
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1211
- attack.t1685
logsource:
product: windows
service: application
# warning: The 'data' field used in the detection section is the container for the event data as a whole. You may have to adapt the rule for your backend accordingly
detection:
selection:
Provider_Name: 'Windows Error Reporting'
EventID: 1001
Data|contains|all:
- 'MsMpEng.exe'
- 'mpengine.dll'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- MsMpEng might crash if the "C:\" partition is full
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Provider_Name: 'Windows Error Reporting'
EventID: 1001
Data|contains|all:
- 'MsMpEng.exe'
- 'mpengine.dll'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
Data | match |
|
Provider_Name | eq |
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