Potential LethalHTA Technique Execution

 1title: Potential LethalHTA Technique Execution
 2id: ed5d72a6-f8f4-479d-ba79-02f6a80d7471
 3status: test
 4description: Detects potential LethalHTA technique where the "mshta.exe" is spawned by an "svchost.exe" process
 5references:
 6    - https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2018/07/lethalhta.html
 7author: Markus Neis
 8date: 2018-06-07
 9modified: 2023-02-07
10tags:
11    - attack.defense-evasion
12    - attack.t1218.005
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection:
18        ParentImage|endswith: '\svchost.exe'
19        Image|endswith: '\mshta.exe'
20    condition: selection
21falsepositives:
22    - Unknown
23level: high

References

• LethalHTA - A new lateral movement technique using DCOM and HTA

  

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