Microsoft Build Engine Started by a Script Process

An instance of MSBuild, the Microsoft Build Engine, was started by a script or the Windows command interpreter. This behavior is unusual and is sometimes used by malicious payloads.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*
logs-endpoint.events.*
logs-windows.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

Elastic
Host
Windows
Threat Detection
Defense Evasion

Version: 13

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query

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process where event.type == "start" and
  (process.name : "MSBuild.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "MSBuild.exe") and
  process.parent.name : ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe", "powershell_ise.exe", "cscript.exe", "wscript.exe", "mshta.exe")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
Technique:
- Name: Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution
- ID: T1127
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127/
Sub-technique:
- Name: MSBuild
- ID: T1127.001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127/001/
Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/

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