Detectioncriticaltest

Suspicious Child Process Of Veeam Dabatase

Detects suspicious child processes of the Veeam service process. This could indicate potential RCE or SQL Injection.

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Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Thu May 04d55b793d-f847-4eea-b59a-5ab09908ac90windows
Log Source
WindowsProcess Creation
ProductWindows← raw: windows
CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic
Detection Logic3 selectors
detection:
    selection_parent:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\sqlservr.exe'
        ParentCommandLine|contains: 'VEEAMSQL'
    selection_child_1:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\cmd.exe'
            - '\powershell.exe'
            - '\pwsh.exe'
            - '\wsl.exe'
            - '\wt.exe'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '-ex '
            - 'bypass'
            - 'cscript'
            - 'DownloadString'
            - 'http://'
            - 'https://'
            - 'mshta'
            - 'regsvr32'
            - 'rundll32'
            - 'wscript'
            - 'copy '
    selection_child_2:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\net.exe'
            - '\net1.exe'
            - '\netstat.exe'
            - '\nltest.exe'
            - '\ping.exe'
            - '\tasklist.exe'
            - '\whoami.exe'
    condition: selection_parent and 1 of selection_child_*
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
d55b793d-f847-4eea-b59a-5ab09908ac90
Status
test
Level
critical
Type
Detection
Created
Thu May 04
Path
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_mssql_veaam_susp_child_processes.yml
Raw Tags
attack.initial-accessattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
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