
title: Explorer Root Flag Process Tree Break
author: Florian Roth
date: 2019/06/29
description: Detects a command line process that uses explorer.exe /root, which is
  similar to cmd.exe /c, only it breaks the process tree and makes its parent a new
  instance of explorer
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    CommandLine: '*explorer.exe*'
  SELECTION_3:
    CommandLine: '* /root,*'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3)
falsepositives:
- Unknown how many legitimate software products use that method
id: 949f1ffb-6e85-4f00-ae1e-c3c5b190d605
level: medium
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
modified: 2020/08/30
references:
- https://twitter.com/CyberRaiju/status/1273597319322058752
- https://twitter.com/bohops/status/1276357235954909188?s=12
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1036
ruletype: SIGMA
