Sigma rule: HackTool - PPID Spoofing SelectMyParent Tool Execution

Rule

Title

HackTool - PPID Spoofing SelectMyParent Tool Execution

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Date

2022-07-23

Modified

2024-11-23

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_selectmyparent.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the use of parent process ID spoofing tools like Didier Stevens tool SelectMyParent

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    - Image|endswith: '\SelectMyParent.exe'
    - CommandLine|contains:
          - 'PPID-spoof'
          - 'ppid_spoof'
          - 'spoof-ppid'
          - 'spoof_ppid'
          - 'ppidspoof'
          - 'spoofppid'
          - 'spoofedppid'
          - ' -spawnto '
    - OriginalFileName|contains:
          - 'PPID-spoof'
          - 'ppid_spoof'
          - 'spoof-ppid'
          - 'spoof_ppid'
          - 'ppidspoof'
          - 'spoofppid'
          - 'spoofedppid'
    - Description: 'SelectMyParent'
    - Hashes|contains:
          - 'IMPHASH=04D974875BD225F00902B4CAD9AF3FBC'
          - 'IMPHASH=A782AF154C9E743DDF3F3EB2B8F3D16E'
          - 'IMPHASH=89059503D7FBF470E68F7E63313DA3AD'
          - 'IMPHASH=CA28337632625C8281AB8A130B3D6BAD'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unlikely

Tags

• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.stealth
• attack.t1134.004

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1134.004

References

• https://pentestlab.blog/2020/02/24/parent-pid-spoofing/
• https://www.picussecurity.com/resource/blog/how-to-detect-parent-pid-ppid-spoofing-attacks
• https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/defense-evasion/parent-process-id-ppid-spoofing
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/search/filename%253A*spoof*%2520filename%253A*ppid*/files

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_hktl_selectmyparent.yml