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Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Crash

This rule detects a suspicious crash of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Tue May 09Updated Fri Apr 14545a5da6-f103-4919-a519-e9aec1026ee4windows
Log Source
Windowsapplication
ProductWindows← raw: windows
Serviceapplication← raw: application
Detection Logic
Detection Logic1 selector
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Application Error'
        EventID: 1000
        Data|contains|all:
            - 'MsMpEng.exe'
            - 'mpengine.dll'
    condition: selection
False Positives

MsMpEng might crash if the "C:\" partition is full

References
1
Resolving title…
bugs.chromium.org
2
Resolving title…
technet.microsoft.com
MITRE ATT&CK
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Detects similar activity. Both rules may fire on overlapping events.

Rule Metadata
Rule ID
545a5da6-f103-4919-a519-e9aec1026ee4
Status
test
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Tue May 09
Modified
Fri Apr 14
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Path
rules/windows/builtin/application/application_error/win_application_error_msmpeng_crash.yml
Raw Tags
attack.defense-evasionattack.t1211attack.t1562.001
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