Shell Process Spawned by Java.EXE
Detects shell spawned from Java host process, which could be a sign of exploitation (e.g. log4j exploitation)
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Company specific internal usage
- Legitimate calls to system binaries
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| web.archive.org/web/20231230220738/https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/ | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- dff1e1cc-d3fd-47c8-bfc2-aeb878a754c0
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.initial-accessattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1