CmdID

CmdID / Rules / Windows

Suspicious Child Process Of SQL Server

A Sigma rule for process creation on Windows, by FPT.EagleEye Team, wagga.

high 2 ATT&CK techniques 18 programs it names

What it looks for

its detection, as SigmaHQ writes it
detection:
  filter_optional_datev:
    CommandLine|startswith: '"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" '
    Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe'
    ParentImage|endswith: 'DATEV_DBENGINE\MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe'
    ParentImage|startswith: 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\'
  selection:
    Image|endswith:
      - '\bash.exe'
      - '\bitsadmin.exe'
      - '\cmd.exe'
      - '\netstat.exe'
      - '\nltest.exe'
      - '\ping.exe'
      - '\powershell.exe'
      - '\pwsh.exe'
      - '\regsvr32.exe'
      - '\rundll32.exe'
      - '\sh.exe'
      - '\systeminfo.exe'
      - '\tasklist.exe'
      - '\wsl.exe'
    ParentImage|endswith: '\sqlservr.exe'
  condition: selection and not 1 of filter_optional_*

The rule’s detection, its selections and fields in order of name. The whole rule, with its references and false positives, is on SigmaHQ, by FPT.EagleEye Team, wagga, under the Detection Rule License 1.1. CmdID evaluates it on a command line alone: a test on what a command line cannot show, such as the parent process or the user, is not met.

None of the everyday examples and documented commands on CmdID’s program pages trips it. To see whether a command line does, paste it into CmdID.

Programs and files it names

their pages here

ATT&CK

the techniques it is tagged with
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
T1505.003Server Software Component: Web Shell