Synopsis
Activation Period |
14 Days |
Training Period |
30 Days |
Test Period |
N/A (single event) |
Deduplication Period |
1 Day |
Required Data |
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Detection Modules |
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Detector Tags |
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ATT&CK Tactic |
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ATT&CK Technique |
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Severity |
Low |
Description
The PowerShell host wsmprovhost.exe is a proxy process executed remotely through PowerShell when using Windows Remote Management (WinRM). It has executed a rare child process, which may indicate remote code execution abuse by an attacker.
Attacker's Goals
Gain code execution on a remote host.
Investigative actions
- Investigate the processes being spawned from Wsmprovhost.exe on the host for malicious indicators.
- Correlate the initiator process (most likely PowerShell) to the source host and investigate it.