Sigma rule: Suspicious Child Process Of Manage Engine ServiceDesk

Rule

Title

Suspicious Child Process Of Manage Engine ServiceDesk

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Date

2023-01-18

Modified

2023-08-29

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_java_manageengine_susp_child_process.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects suspicious child processes of the "Manage Engine ServiceDesk Plus" Java web service

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    ParentImage|contains|all:
        - '\ManageEngine\ServiceDesk\'
        - '\java.exe'
    Image|endswith:
        - '\AppVLP.exe'
        - '\bash.exe'
        - '\bitsadmin.exe'
        - '\calc.exe'
        - '\certutil.exe'
        - '\cscript.exe'
        - '\curl.exe'
        - '\forfiles.exe'
        - '\mftrace.exe'
        - '\mshta.exe'
        - '\net.exe'
        - '\net1.exe'
        - '\notepad.exe'  # Often used in POCs
        - '\powershell.exe'
        - '\pwsh.exe'
        - '\query.exe'
        - '\reg.exe'
        - '\schtasks.exe'
        - '\scrcons.exe'
        - '\sh.exe'
        - '\systeminfo.exe'
        - '\whoami.exe'  # Often used in POCs
        - '\wmic.exe'
        - '\wscript.exe'
        # - '\hh.exe'
        # - '\regsvr32.exe'
        # - '\rundll32.exe'
        # - '\scriptrunner.exe'
filter_main_net:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\net.exe'
        - '\net1.exe'
    CommandLine|contains: ' stop'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Legitimate sub processes started by Manage Engine ServiceDesk Pro

Tags

• attack.command-and-control
• attack.t1102

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1102

References

• https://www.horizon3.ai/manageengine-cve-2022-47966-technical-deep-dive/
• https://github.com/horizon3ai/CVE-2022-47966/blob/3a51c6b72ebbd87392babd955a8fbeaee2090b35/CVE-2022-47966.py
• https://blog.viettelcybersecurity.com/saml-show-stopper/

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_java_manageengine_susp_child_process.yml