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name: Svchost LOLBAS Execution Process Spawn
id: 09e5c72a-4c0d-11ec-aa29-3e22fbd008af
version: 2
date: '2021-11-22'
author: Mauricio Velazco, Splunk
type: TTP
datamodel:
- Endpoint
description: The following analytic identifies `svchost.exe` spawning a LOLBAS execution
process. When adversaries execute code on remote endpoints abusing the Task Scheduler
and creating a malicious remote scheduled task, the executed command is spawned
as a child process of `svchost.exe`. The LOLBAS project documents Windows native
binaries that can be abused by threat actors to perform tasks like executing malicious
code. Looking for child processes of svchost.exe that are part of the LOLBAS project
can help defenders identify lateral movement activity.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where (Processes.parent_process_name=svchost.exe)
(Processes.process_name IN ("Regsvcs.exe", "Ftp.exe", "OfflineScannerShell.exe",
"Rasautou.exe", "Schtasks.exe", "Xwizard.exe", "Pnputil.exe", "Atbroker.exe", "Pcwrun.exe",
"Ttdinject.exe","Mshta.exe", "Bitsadmin.exe", "Certoc.exe", "Ieexec.exe", "Microsoft.Workflow.Compiler.exe",
"Runscripthelper.exe", "Forfiles.exe", "Msbuild.exe", "Register-cimprovider.exe",
"Tttracer.exe", "Ie4uinit.exe", "Bash.exe", "Hh.exe", "SettingSyncHost.exe", "Cmstp.exe",
"Stordiag.exe", "Scriptrunner.exe", "Odbcconf.exe", "Extexport.exe", "Msdt.exe",
"WorkFolders.exe", "Diskshadow.exe", "Mavinject.exe", "Regasm.exe", "Gpscript.exe",
"Regsvr32.exe", "Msiexec.exe", "Wuauclt.exe", "Presentationhost.exe", "Wmic.exe",
"Runonce.exe", "Syncappvpublishingserver.exe", "Verclsid.exe", "Infdefaultinstall.exe",
"Installutil.exe", "Netsh.exe", "Wab.exe", "Dnscmd.exe", "At.exe", "Pcalua.exe",
"Msconfig.exe")) by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process Processes.process_name
Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id | `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `svchost_lolbas_execution_process_spawn_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.
known_false_positives: Legitimate applications may trigger this behavior, filter as
needed.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/005/
- https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/persistence/t1053-schtask
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/
tags:
analytic_story:
- Active Directory Lateral Movement
- Living Off The Land
confidence: 60
context:
- Source:Endpoint
- Stage:Lateral Movement
dataset:
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1053.005/lateral_movement_lolbas/windows-security.log
impact: 90
kill_chain_phases:
- Exploitation
message: Svchost.exe spawned a LOLBAS process on $dest$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1053
- T1053.005
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Processes.dest
- Processes.user
- Processes.parent_process_name
- Processes.parent_process
- Processes.original_file_name
- Processes.process_name
- Processes.process
- Processes.process_id
- Processes.parent_process_path
- Processes.process_path
- Processes.parent_process_id
risk_score: 54
security_domain: endpoint
asset_type: Endpoint