Suspicious Child Process Of Wermgr.EXE
Detects suspicious Windows Error Reporting manager (wermgr.exe) child process
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiLinuxmacOSWindows
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/binderlabs/DirCreate2System | 4 |
| www.echotrail.io/insights/search/wermgr.exe | 2 |
| www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/j/black-basta-infiltrates-networks-via-qakbot-brute-ratel-and-coba.html | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 396f6630-f3ac-44e3-bfc8-1b161bc00c4e
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.privilege-escalationattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1