Suspicious Remote Child Process From Outlook
Detects a suspicious child process spawning from Outlook where the image is located in a remote location (SMB/WebDav shares).
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/sensepost/ruler | 2 |
| speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-persistence-via-microsoft-exchange-server-or-outlook?slide=49 | Only this detection cites it |
| www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/12/overruled-containing-a-potentially-destructive-adversary.html | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- e212d415-0e93-435f-9e1a-f29005bb4723
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1