title: Conhost Parent Process Executions
author: omkar72
date: 2020/10/25
description: Detects the conhost execution as parent process. Can be used to evaded
  defense mechanism.
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 1
  SELECTION_2:
    ParentImage: '*\conhost.exe'
  condition: (SELECTION_1 and SELECTION_2)
falsepositives:
- Unlikely, conhost is a child less process
fields:
- Image
- CommandLine
- ParentCommandLine
id: 7dc2dedd-7603-461a-bc13-15803d132355
level: medium
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
modified: 2021/06/27
references:
- http://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2020/05/25/how-to-con-your-host/
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
- attack.t1202
ruletype: SIGMA