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+title: MSHTA spwaned by SVCHOST as seen in LethalHTA 
+status: experimental
+description: Detects MSHTA.EXE spwaned by SVCHOST described in report
+references:
+    - https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2018/07/lethalhta.html
+author: Markus Neis
+date: 2018/06/07
+logsource:
+    product: windows
+    service: sysmon
+detection:
+    selection:
+        EventID: 1
+        ParentImage:
+            - '*\svchost.exe'
+        Image:
+            - '*\mshta.exe'
+    condition: selection
+falsepositives:
+    - Unknown
+level: high