blue-team-tools/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_msiexec_embedding.yml

title: Suspicious MsiExec Embedding Parent 
id: 4a2a2c3e-209f-4d01-b513-4155a540b469
status: experimental
description: Adversaries may abuse msiexec.exe to proxy the execution of malicious payloads
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1218.007/T1218.007.md
author: frack113
date: 2022/04/16
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection: 
        Image|endswith: 
            - '\powershell.exe'
            - '\cmd.exe'
        ParentCommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'MsiExec.exe'
            - '-Embedding '
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
tags:
    - attack.t1218.007
    - attack.defense_evasion