Process Deletion of Its Own Executable

Detects the deletion of a process's executable by itself. This is usually not possible without workarounds and may be used by malware to hide its traces.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Log source product: windows
Log source category: file_delete

Known benign triggers

Some false positives are to be expected from uninstallers.

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/joaoviictorti/RustRedOps/tree/ce04369a246006d399e8c61d9fe0e6b34f988a49/Self_Deletion	Tool	Only this detection cites it

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Detection rules

Process Deletion of Its Own Executable

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules