host-interaction/process/create
rule:
meta:
name: create process on Windows
namespace: host-interaction/process/create
authors:
- moritz.raabe@mandiant.com
scopes:
static: instruction
dynamic: call
mbc:
- Process::Create Process [C0017]
examples:
- 9324D1A8AE37A36AE560C37448C9705A:0x406DB0
- Practical Malware Analysis Lab 01-04.exe_:0x4011FC
features:
- and:
- os: windows
- or:
- api: kernel32.WinExec
- api: kernel32.CreateProcess
- api: shell32.ShellExecute
- api: shell32.ShellExecuteEx
- api: advapi32.CreateProcessAsUser
- api: advapi32.CreateProcessWithLogon
- api: advapi32.CreateProcessWithToken
- api: kernel32.CreateProcessInternal
- api: ntdll.NtCreateUserProcess
- api: ntdll.NtCreateProcess
- api: ntdll.NtCreateProcessEx
- api: ntdll.ZwCreateProcess
- api: ZwCreateProcessEx
- api: ntdll.ZwCreateUserProcess
- api: ntdll.RtlCreateUserProcess
last edited: 2026-03-12 17:41:24