[metadata] creation_date = "2020/02/18" ecs_version = ["1.5.0"] maturity = "production" updated_date = "2020/08/03" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = "Identifies a suspicious parent child process relationship with cmd.exe descending from PowerShell.exe." index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"] language = "kuery" license = "Elastic License" name = "PowerShell spawning Cmd" risk_score = 21 rule_id = "0f616aee-8161-4120-857e-742366f5eeb3" severity = "low" tags = ["Elastic", "Windows"] type = "query" query = ''' event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.parent.name:powershell.exe and process.name:cmd.exe ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1059" name = "Command-Line Interface" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0002" name = "Execution" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/" [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1086" name = "PowerShell" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1086/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0002" name = "Execution" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"