title: Suspicious Parent of Csc.exe
id: b730a276-6b63-41b8-bcf8-55930c8fc6ee
status: test
description: Detects a suspicious parent of csc.exe, which could by a sign of payload delivery
author: Florian Roth
references:
  - https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1094924091256176641
date: 2019/02/11
modified: 2022/01/07
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    Image|endswith: '\csc.exe'
    ParentImage|endswith:
      - '\wscript.exe'
      - '\cscript.exe'
      - '\mshta.exe'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Unknown
level: high
tags:
  - attack.execution
  - attack.t1059.005
  - attack.t1059.007
  - attack.defense_evasion
  - attack.t1218.005
  - attack.t1027.004