/* This rule is only compatible with Elastic Endpoint 8.4+ */
process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.action == "start" and
user.id : ("S-1-5-21-*", "S-1-12-1-*") and
(process.Ext.effective_parent.executable regex~ """[C-Z]:\\Windows\\(System32|SysWOW64)\\[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.]+\.exe""" or
process.Ext.effective_parent.executable : "?:\\Windows\\explorer.exe") and
(
process.name : ("powershell.exe", "cmd.exe", "rundll32.exe", "notepad.exe", "net.exe", "ntdsutil.exe",
"tasklist.exe", "reg.exe", "certutil.exe", "bitsadmin.exe", "msbuild.exe", "esentutl.exe") or
((process.Ext.relative_file_creation_time <= 900 or process.Ext.relative_file_name_modify_time <= 900) and
not process.code_signature.status : ("trusted", "errorExpired", "errorCode_endpoint*") and
not process.executable : ("?:\\Program Files\\*", "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*"))
) and
not (process.name : "rundll32.exe" and
process.command_line : ("*davclnt.dll,DavSetCookie*", "*?:\\Program Files*",
"*\\Windows\\System32\\winethc.dll*", "*\\Windows\\SYSTEM32\\EDGEHTML.dll*",
"*shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll*")) and
not startswith~(process.Ext.effective_parent.name, process.parent.name) and
not (process.name : "powershell.exe" and process.parent.name : "wmiprvse.exe" and process.Ext.effective_parent.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\wsmprovhost.exe") and
not (process.Ext.effective_parent.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\RuntimeBroker.exe" and process.parent.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\sihost.exe") and
not (process.Ext.effective_parent.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\sethc.exe" and process.parent.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\svchost.exe") and
not (process.Ext.effective_parent.executable : "?:\\Windows\\explorer.exe" and
process.parent.executable : ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\svchost.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\msiexec.exe", "?:\\Windows\\twain_32\\*.exe"))
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Process Created with a Duplicated Token in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.
To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).