title: Mshta JavaScript Execution
id: 67f113fa-e23d-4271-befa-30113b3e08b1
status: test
description: Identifies suspicious mshta.exe commands.
author: E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Endgame), oscd.community
references:
    - https://eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/6bc283c4-21f2-4aed-a05c-a9a3ffa95dd4.html
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1218.005/T1218.005.md
date: 2019/10/24
modified: 2021/11/27
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\mshta.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: 'javascript'
    condition: selection
fields:
    - ComputerName
    - User
    - CommandLine
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1218.005