author: Bhavin Patel, Splunk
date: '2019-02-28'
description: This search queries the Endpoint data model to give you details about
  the parent process of a process running on a host which is under investigation.
  Enter the values of the process name in question and the dest
how_to_implement: You must be ingesting endpoint data that tracks process activity,
  including parent-child relationships from your endpoints to populate the Endpoint
  data model in the Processes node. The command-line arguments are mapped to the "process"
  field in the Endpoint data model.
id: fecf2918-670d-4f1c-872b-3d7317a41bf9
inputs:
- parent_process_name
- dest
name: Get Parent Process Info
search: '| tstats `summariesonly` count values(Processes.process) as process min(_time)
  as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Processes by Processes.user
  Processes.parent_process_name Processes.process_name Processes.dest | `drop_dm_object_name("Processes")`
  | search  parent_process_name= $parent_process_name$ |search dest = $dest$ | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
  | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`'
tags:
  analytic_story:
  - Collection and Staging
  - Command and Control
  - DHS Report TA18-074A
  - Disabling Security Tools
  - 'Emotet Malware  DHS Report TA18-201A '
  - Hidden Cobra Malware
  - Lateral Movement
  - Malicious PowerShell
  - Monitor for Unauthorized Software
  - Netsh Abuse
  - Orangeworm Attack Group
  - Phishing Payloads
  - Possible Backdoor Activity Associated With MUDCARP Espionage Campaigns
  - Prohibited Traffic Allowed or Protocol Mismatch
  - Ransomware
  - SamSam Ransomware
  - Suspicious Command-Line Executions
  - Suspicious DNS Traffic
  - Suspicious MSHTA Activity
  - Suspicious WMI Use
  - Suspicious Windows Registry Activities
  - Unusual Processes
  - Windows Defense Evasion Tactics
  - Windows File Extension and Association Abuse
  - Windows Log Manipulation
  - Windows Persistence Techniques
  - Windows Privilege Escalation
  - Windows Service Abuse
  product:
  - Splunk Phantom
type: response
version: 2