title: Execution in Webserver Root Folder
id: 35efb964-e6a5-47ad-bbcd-19661854018d
status: experimental
description: Detects a suspicious program execution in a web service root folder (filter out false positives)
author: Florian Roth
date: 2019/01/16
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1505.003
    - attack.t1100      # an old one
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|contains:
            - '\wwwroot\'
            - '\wmpub\'
            - '\htdocs\'
    filter:
        Image|contains:
            - 'bin\'
            - '\Tools\'
            - '\SMSComponent\'
        ParentImage|endswith:
            - '\services.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter
fields:
    - CommandLine
    - ParentCommandLine
falsepositives:
    - Various applications
    - Tools that include ping or nslookup command invocations
level: medium