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.*

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

Version: 101

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&CKTM