Uncommon Child Process Of Defaultpack.EXE

 1title: Uncommon Child Process Of Defaultpack.EXE
 2id: b2309017-4235-44fe-b5af-b15363011957
 3status: test
 4description: Detects uncommon child processes of "DefaultPack.EXE" binary as a proxy to launch other programs
 5references:
 6    - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/OtherMSBinaries/DefaultPack/
 7    - https://www.echotrail.io/insights/search/defaultpack.exe
 8author: frack113
 9date: 2022-12-31
10modified: 2024-04-22
11tags:
12    - attack.t1218
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14    - attack.execution
15logsource:
16    category: process_creation
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        ParentImage|endswith: '\DefaultPack.exe'
21    condition: selection
22falsepositives:
23    - Unknown
24level: medium

References

• Defaultpack on LOLBAS

  

  DefaultPack.EXE is a living-of-the-land file containing unexpected functionality that can be abused by attackers; this page lists all its use cases.

  
  Read More

• EchoTrail

  

  Endpoint log security platform.

  
  Read More

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