Rundll32 or cmd Executing Application from Explorer - Potential Malware Execution Chain

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Identifies when rundll32 or cmd.exe is utilized to launch a malicious DLL or executable from explorer.exe. Indicative of a cmd window or LNK file executing a program or malware due to a user clicking on a file.

Attribute Value
Type Hunting Query
Solution Cyborg Security HUNTER
ID 3bc6e8ef-9e08-4626-89e9-fda87866cc82
Tactics Execution
Techniques T1204.002
Required Connectors SecurityEvent
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Tables Used

This content item queries data from the following tables:

Table Selection Criteria Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
SecurityEvent CommandLine has "cmd.exe"
CommandLine has_any ",.dll"
CommandLine has_any "explorer"
CommandLine matchesregex "\\/[Cc] +[Ss][Tt][Aa][Rr][Tt].*\\.exe"
ParentProcessName has "explorer.exe"
Process has_any "wscript.exe"

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