Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Crash

calendar Aug 12, 2024 · attack.defense-evasion attack.t1211 attack.t1562.001  ·
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This rule detects a suspicious crash of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

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 1title: Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Crash
 2id: 545a5da6-f103-4919-a519-e9aec1026ee4
 3related:
 4    - id: 6c82cf5c-090d-4d57-9188-533577631108
 5      type: similar
 6status: test
 7description: This rule detects a suspicious crash of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
 8references:
 9    - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1252&desc=5
10    - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/4022344
11author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2017-05-09
13modified: 2023-04-14
14tags:
15    - attack.defense-evasion
16    - attack.t1211
17    - attack.t1562.001
18logsource:
19    product: windows
20    service: application
21    # warning: The 'data' field used in the detection section is the container for the event data as a whole. You may have to adapt the rule for your backend accordingly
22detection:
23    selection:
24        Provider_Name: 'Application Error'
25        EventID: 1000
26        Data|contains|all:
27            - 'MsMpEng.exe'
28            - 'mpengine.dll'
29    condition: selection
30falsepositives:
31    - MsMpEng might crash if the "C:\" partition is full
32level: high

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