title: MMC20 Lateral Movement
id: f1f3bf22-deb2-418d-8cce-e1a45e46a5bd
status: test
description: Detects MMC20.Application Lateral Movement; specifically looks for the spawning of the parent MMC.exe with a command line of "-Embedding" as a child of svchost.exe
author: '@2xxeformyshirt (Security Risk Advisors) - rule; Teymur Kheirkhabarov (idea)'
references:
  - https://enigma0x3.net/2017/01/05/lateral-movement-using-the-mmc20-application-com-object/
  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKya3_mLnR3UQuCoiYruO3qgu052_iS_/view?usp=sharing
date: 2020/03/04
modified: 2021/11/27
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    ParentImage|endswith: '\svchost.exe'
    Image|endswith: '\mmc.exe'
    CommandLine|contains: '-Embedding'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Unlikely
level: high
tags:
  - attack.execution
  - attack.t1021.003
