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Suspicious Execution - Short Program Name

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Suspicious Execution - Short Program Name

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Identifies process execution with a single character process name. This is often done by adversaries while staging or executing temporary utilities.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

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

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

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
Elastic Endgame

Version: 103

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 length(process.name) > 0 and
 length(process.name) == 5 and host.os.name == "Windows" and length(process.pe.original_file_name) > 5

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
Technique:
- Name: Masquerading
- ID: T1036
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Rename System Utilities
- ID: T1036.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/003/

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