Sigma rule: Suspicious MsiExec Embedding Parent

Rule

Title

Suspicious MsiExec Embedding Parent

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

frack113

Date

2022-04-16

Modified

2022-07-14

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_msiexec_embedding.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Adversaries may abuse msiexec.exe to proxy the execution of malicious payloads

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\powershell.exe'
        - '\pwsh.exe'
        - '\cmd.exe'
    ParentCommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'MsiExec.exe'
        - '-Embedding '
filter_splunk_ufw:
    Image|endswith: ':\Windows\System32\cmd.exe'
    CommandLine|contains: 'C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\'
filter_vs:
    - CommandLine|contains: '\DismFoDInstall.cmd'
    - ParentCommandLine|contains|all:
          - '\MsiExec.exe -Embedding '
          - 'Global\MSI0000'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.stealth
• attack.t1218.007

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1218.007

References

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1218.007/T1218.007.md

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_msiexec_embedding.yml