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Active Rule
Elevated System Shell Spawned
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
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Conversion Output
Elevated System Shell Spawned
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Elevated System Shell Spawned
id: 61065c72-5d7d-44ef-bf41-6a36684b545f
related:
- id: 178e615d-e666-498b-9630-9ed363038101
type: similar
status: test
description: |
Detects when a shell program such as the Windows command prompt or PowerShell is launched with system privileges. Use this rule to hunt for potential suspicious processes.
references:
- https://github.com/Wh04m1001/SysmonEoP
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), frack113
date: 2023-11-23
modified: 2025-03-06
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.execution
- attack.t1059
- detection.threat-hunting
logsource:
product: windows
category: process_creation
detection:
selection_shell:
- Image|endswith:
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\powershell_ise.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
- '\cmd.exe'
- OriginalFileName:
- 'PowerShell.EXE'
- 'powershell_ise.EXE'
- 'pwsh.dll'
- 'Cmd.Exe'
selection_user:
User|contains: # covers many language settings
- 'AUTHORI'
- 'AUTORI'
LogonId: '0x3e7'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules-threat-hunting/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_elevated_system_shell.yml