mmc20_lateral_movement

rule mmc20_lateral_movement {
 meta:
    author = "@2xxeformyshirt (Security Risk Advisors)"
    description = "Detects MMC20.Application Lateral Movement; specifically looks for the spawning of the parent MMC.exe with a command line of \"-Embedding\" as a child of svchost.exe  License: https://github.com/Neo23x0/sigma/blob/master/LICENSE.Detection.Rules.md."
    reference = "https://tdm.socprime.com/tdm/info/k6oB87Gh50fB"
    version = "0.01"
    created = "2020/03/04"
    category = "process_creation"
    product = "windows"
    mitre = "execution, t1175"

  events:
(re.regex($selection.principal.process.file.full_path, `.*\\svchost\.exe`) and re.regex($selection.target.process.file.full_path, `.*\\mmc\.exe`) and re.regex($selection.target.process.command_line, `.*-Embedding.*`) and ($selection.metadata.product_event_type = "4688" or $selection.metadata.product_event_type = "1"))

  condition:
    $selection
}