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splunk-security_content/detections/endpoint/wermgr_process_create_executable_file.yml
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name: Wermgr Process Create Executable File
id: ab3bcce0-a105-11eb-973c-acde48001122
version: 2
date: '2024-05-23'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
status: production
type: TTP
description: The following analytic detects the wermgr.exe process creating an executable
file. It leverages Sysmon EventCode 11 to identify instances where wermgr.exe generates
a .exe file. This behavior is unusual because wermgr.exe is typically associated
with error reporting, not file creation. Such activity is significant as it may
indicate TrickBot malware, which injects code into wermgr.exe to execute malicious
actions like downloading additional payloads. If confirmed malicious, this could
lead to further malware infections, data exfiltration, or system compromise.
data_source:
- Sysmon EventID 11
search: '`sysmon` EventCode=11 process_name = "wermgr.exe" TargetFilename = "*.exe"
| stats min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime count by Image TargetFilename
process_name dest EventCode ProcessId | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `wermgr_process_create_executable_file_filter`'
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting
logs with the process name, parent process, and command-line executions from your
endpoints. If you are using Sysmon, you must have at least version 6.0.4 of the
Sysmon TA. Tune and filter known instances of wermgr.exe may be used.
known_false_positives: unknown
references:
- https://labs.vipre.com/trickbot-and-its-modules/
- https://whitehat.eu/incident-response-case-study-featuring-ryuk-and-trickbot-part-2/
tags:
analytic_story:
- Trickbot
asset_type: Endpoint
confidence: 80
impact: 70
message: Wermgr.exe writing executable files on $dest$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1027
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Image
- TargetFilename
- process_name
- dest
- EventCode
- ProcessId
risk_score: 56
security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
attack_data:
- data:
https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/malware/trickbot/infection/windows-sysmon.log
source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: xmlwineventlog