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Suspicious Splwow64 Without Params — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule 1f1a8509-2cbb-44f5-8751-8e1571518ce2. Suspicious Splwow64 Without Params — Sigma Rule. Detects suspicious Splwow64.exe process without any command line parameters

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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2021-08-23 / 2022-12-25.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Source SHA-256: 4280fe37cfbe4469bf7f29fa7a4414be1ae615943f00bc9291737eadb155b137

Detection logic

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title: Suspicious Splwow64 Without Params
id: 1f1a8509-2cbb-44f5-8751-8e1571518ce2
status: test
description: Detects suspicious Splwow64.exe process without any command line parameters
references:
    - https://twitter.com/sbousseaden/status/1429401053229891590?s=12
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-08-23
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1202
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\splwow64.exe'
        CommandLine|endswith: 'splwow64.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

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  • Unknown

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