
title: Suspicious Parent of Csc.exe
author: Florian Roth
date: 2019/02/11
description: Detects a suspicious parent of csc.exe, which could by a sign of payload
  delivery
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    Image: '*\csc.exe'
  SELECTION_3:
    ParentImage:
    - '*\wscript.exe'
    - '*\cscript.exe'
    - '*\mshta.exe'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3)
falsepositives:
- Unknown
id: b730a276-6b63-41b8-bcf8-55930c8fc6ee
level: high
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
modified: 2020/11/28
references:
- https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1094924091256176641
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1059.005
- attack.t1059.007
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1500
- attack.t1218.005
- attack.t1027.004
ruletype: SIGMA
