Suspicious Child Process Created as System
Detection of child processes spawned with SYSTEM privileges by parents with LOCAL SERVICE or NETWORK SERVICE accounts
Detection logic
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
- 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 |
|---|---|
| foxglovesecurity.com/2016/09/26/rotten-potato-privilege-escalation-from-service-accounts-to-system/ | 2 |
| github.com/antonioCoco/RogueWinRM | Only this detection cites it |
| speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-privilege-escalation-in-windows-environment | 7 |
| twitter.com/Cyb3rWard0g/status/1453123054243024897 | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 590a5f4c-6c8c-4f10-8307-89afe9453a9d
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.privilege-escalationattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1