Sigma rule: Sysmon Application Crashed

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-e249df6e253d, updated 2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Sysmon Application Crashed
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Tim Shelton
Date: 2022-04-26
Modified: 2024-01-17
File: rules/windows/builtin/system/application_popup/win_system_application_sysmon_crash.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects application popup reporting a failure of the Sysmon service

Log source

product: windows
service: system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Application Popup'
    EventID: 26
    Caption:
        - 'sysmon64.exe - Application Error'
        - 'sysmon.exe - Application Error'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1685

References

https://github.com/nasbench/EVTX-ETW-Resources/blob/f1b010ce0ee1b71e3024180de1a3e67f99701fe4/ETWProvidersManifests/Windows10/1803/W10_1803_Pro_19700101_17134.1/WEPExplorer/Application%20Popup.xml#L36

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/builtin/system/application_popup/win_system_application_sysmon_crash.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Sysmon Application Crashed" by Tim Shelton (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/application_popup/win_system_application_sysmon_crash.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Sysmon Application Crashed",
entity page, dataset version ref-e249df6e253d, updated 2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/4d7f1827-1637-4def-8d8a-fd254f9454df (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 4d7f1827-1637-4def-8d8a-fd254f9454df, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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