MMC Spawning Windows Shell

 1title: MMC Spawning Windows Shell
 2id: 05a2ab7e-ce11-4b63-86db-ab32e763e11d
 3status: test
 4description: Detects a Windows command line executable started from MMC
 5references:
 6    - https://enigma0x3.net/2017/01/05/lateral-movement-using-the-mmc20-application-com-object/
 7author: Karneades, Swisscom CSIRT
 8date: 2019-08-05
 9modified: 2022-07-14
10tags:
11    - attack.lateral-movement
12    - attack.t1021.003
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection1:
18        ParentImage|endswith: '\mmc.exe'
19    selection2:
20        - Image|endswith:
21              - '\cmd.exe'
22              - '\powershell.exe'
23              - '\pwsh.exe'
24              - '\wscript.exe'
25              - '\cscript.exe'
26              - '\sh.exe'
27              - '\bash.exe'
28              - '\reg.exe'
29              - '\regsvr32.exe'
30        - Image|contains: '\BITSADMIN'
31    condition: all of selection*
32fields:
33    - CommandLine
34    - Image
35    - ParentCommandLine
36level: high