Unusual winlogon.exe Child Process (Windows Event Log)

id: '39293.71010'
title: Unusual winlogon.exe Child Process
description: Winlogon.exe is a core Windows process that manages secure user authentication
  events, such as logon, logoff, and screen locking. Expected child processes include
  LogonUI.exe for the login screen, FontDrvHost.exe for font rendering in secure sessions,
  Userinit.exe for initializing user settings, Consent.exe for User Account Control
  (UAC) prompts, and Sihost.exe for managing shell experience components like the
  Start menu and taskbar. This use case detects unexpected child processes spawned
  by winlogon.exe.
logic_format: Splunk
logic: '`get_endpoint_data` `get_endpoint_data_winevent` (TERM(EventCode=4688) OR
  "<EventID>4688<" OR Type=Process) TERM(winlogon) OR "winlogon.exe" | regex parent_process_name="(?i)winlogon\.exe"|
  regex process_path!="(?i)\x5cWindows\x5cSystem32\x5c(AtBroker|LogonUI|dwm|fontdrvhost|userinit|consent|sihost)\.exe"
  | table _time, host, user, process, process_*, parent_* | bin span=1s | stats values(*)
  as * by _time, host '
techniques:
- persistence:boot or logon autostart execution:winlogon helper dll
- privilege-escalation:boot or logon autostart execution:winlogon helper dll
technique_id:
- T1547.004
data_category:
- Windows event logs
references:
- https://github.com/tykawaii98/CVE-2024-30088
- https://securityonline.info/poc-exploit-published-for-windows-kernel-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-cve-2024-30088/