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Active Rule
Unusual Child Process of dns.exe
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Unusual Child Process of dns.exe
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Unusual Child Process of dns.exe
id: a4e3d776-f12e-42c2-8510-9e6ed1f43ec3
status: test
description: Detects an unexpected process spawning from dns.exe which may indicate activity related to remote code execution or other forms of exploitation as seen in CVE-2020-1350 (SigRed)
references:
- https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/unusual-child-process-of-dns-exe.html
author: Tim Rauch, Elastic (idea)
date: 2022-09-27
modified: 2023-02-05
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.initial-access
- attack.t1133
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
ParentImage|endswith: '\dns.exe'
filter:
Image|endswith: '\conhost.exe'
condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_dns_susp_child_process.yml