Signed process performed an unpopular injection

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Cortex XDR
Last date published
2024-12-03
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Analytics Alert Reference
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Synopsis

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

1 Day

Required Data

  • Requires:
    • XDR Agent

Detection Modules

Detector Tags

Injection Analytics

ATT&CK Tactic

Defense Evasion (TA0005)

ATT&CK Technique

Process Injection (T1055)

Severity

Informational

Description

A signed process performed an unpopular injection to another process.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may inject code into processes to evade process-based defenses, as well as possibly elevate privileges.

Investigative actions

  • Check whether the injecting process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.

Variations

Signed process that got injected performed an unpopular and suspicious injection

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic

Defense Evasion (TA0005)

ATT&CK Technique

Process Injection (T1055)

Severity

Medium

Description

A signed process performed an unpopular injection to another process.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may inject code into processes to evade process-based defenses, as well as possibly elevate privileges.

Investigative actions

  • Check whether the injecting process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.


Signed process that got injected performed an unpopular and suspicious injection

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic

Defense Evasion (TA0005)

ATT&CK Technique

Process Injection (T1055)

Severity

Medium

Description

A signed process performed an unpopular injection to another process.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may inject code into processes to evade process-based defenses, as well as possibly elevate privileges.

Investigative actions

  • Check whether the injecting process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.


Signed process that got injected performed an unpopular injection

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic

Defense Evasion (TA0005)

ATT&CK Technique

Process Injection (T1055)

Severity

Medium

Description

A signed process performed an unpopular injection to another process.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may inject code into processes to evade process-based defenses, as well as possibly elevate privileges.

Investigative actions

  • Check whether the injecting process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.


Commonly abused signed process performed a globally unpopular injection to a Microsoft signed process

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic

Defense Evasion (TA0005)

ATT&CK Technique

Process Injection (T1055)

Severity

Medium

Description

A signed process performed an unpopular injection to another process.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may inject code into processes to evade process-based defenses, as well as possibly elevate privileges.

Investigative actions

  • Check whether the injecting process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.


Signed process performed an unpopular injection

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic

Defense Evasion (TA0005)

ATT&CK Technique

Process Injection (T1055)

Severity

Low

Description

A signed process performed an unpopular injection to another process.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may inject code into processes to evade process-based defenses, as well as possibly elevate privileges.

Investigative actions

  • Check whether the injecting process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.