Sigma rule: Process Monitor Driver Creation By Non-Sysinternals Binary

Rule

Title

Process Monitor Driver Creation By Non-Sysinternals Binary

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Date

2023-05-05

Modified

2026-06-29

File

rules/windows/file/file_event/file_event_win_sysinternals_procmon_driver_susp_creation.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects creation of the Process Monitor driver by processes other than Process Monitor (procmon) itself.

Log source

product

windows

category

file_event

Detection

selection:
    TargetFilename|contains: '\procmon'
    TargetFilename|endswith: '.sys'
filter_main_process_explorer:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\procmon.exe'
        - '\procmon64.exe'
        - '\procmon64a.exe'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Some false positives may occur with legitimate renamed process monitor binaries

Tags

• attack.persistence
• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.t1068

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1068

References

• Internal Research

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/file/file_event/file_event_win_sysinternals_procmon_driver_susp_creation.yml