/* This rule is compatible with Elastic Endpoint only */
sequence by host.id, user.id with maxspan=3m
[process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
process.Ext.token.integrity_level_name != "system" and
(
process.pe.original_file_name : ("winword.exe", "excel.exe", "outlook.exe", "powerpnt.exe", "eqnedt32.exe",
"fltldr.exe", "mspub.exe", "msaccess.exe", "powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe",
"cscript.exe", "wscript.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe", "msbuild.exe",
"mshta.exe", "wmic.exe", "cmstp.exe", "msxsl.exe") or
(process.executable : ("?:\\Users\\*.exe",
"?:\\ProgramData\\*.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\Temp\\*.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\Tasks\\*") and
(process.code_signature.exists == false or process.code_signature.status : "errorBadDigest")) or
process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\*.exe"
) and
not process.executable :
("?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFaultSecure.exe",
"?:\\WINDOWS\\SysWOW64\\WerFaultSecure.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WerFault.exe")
] by process.pid
[process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
process.parent.Ext.real.pid > 0 and
/* process.parent.Ext.real.pid is only populated if the parent process pid doesn't match */
not (process.name : "msedge.exe" and process.parent.name : "sihost.exe") and
not process.executable :
("?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFaultSecure.exe",
"?:\\WINDOWS\\SysWOW64\\WerFaultSecure.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WerFault.exe")
] by process.parent.Ext.real.pid
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Parent Process PID Spoofing 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).