InformationalSigmaHQ frack113

Suspicious High IntegrityLevel Conhost Legacy Option

ForceV1 asks for information directly from the kernel space. Conhost connects to the console application. High IntegrityLevel means the process is running with elevated privileges, such as an Administrator context.

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Detection requirements

Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Very Likely, including launching cmd.exe via Run As Administrator

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
cybercryptosec.medium.com/covid-19-cyber-infection-c615ead7c29	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/mandatory-integrity-control	Product documentation	Only this detection cites it
thedfirreport.com/2022/04/04/stolen-images-campaign-ends-in-conti-ransomware/	Threat report	3from 2 sources

Detection rules

Suspicious High IntegrityLevel Conhost Legacy Option

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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