
title: MSHTA Spwaned by SVCHOST
author: Markus Neis
date: 2018/06/07
description: Detects MSHTA.EXE spwaned by SVCHOST as seen in LethalHTA and described
  in report
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    ParentImage: '*\svchost.exe'
  SELECTION_3:
    Image: '*\mshta.exe'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2 and SELECTION_3)
falsepositives:
- Unknown
id: ed5d72a6-f8f4-479d-ba79-02f6a80d7471
level: high
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
references:
- https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2018/07/lethalhta.html
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1218.005
- attack.execution
- attack.t1170
ruletype: SIGMA
