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Regsvr32 Rundll32 with Anomalous Parent Process
Description
This analytical rule looks for rundll32.exe or regsvr32.exe being spawned by abnormal processes: wscript.exe, powershell.exe, cmd.exe, pwsh.exe, cscript.exe.
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- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 1h
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName has_any ("rundll32.exe","regsvr32.exe")
| where InitiatingProcessFileName has_any ("wscript.exe","powershell.exe","cmd.exe","pwsh.exe","cscript.exe")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InvestigatedProcessName=FileName, InvestigatedProcessCommandLine = ProcessCommandLine,InvestigatedProcessStartTime = ProcessCreationTime, InvestigatedProcessId = ProcessId, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessParentFileName
| join (
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName has_any ("rundll32.exe","regsvr32.exe")
| where RemoteIPType == "Public"
| project DeviceName, InvestigatedProcessName=InitiatingProcessFileName, InvestigatedProcessCommandLine = InitiatingProcessCommandLine,InvestigatedProcessStartTime = InitiatingProcessCreationTime, InvestigatedProcessId = InitiatingProcessId, LocalIP, RemoteIP, RemoteUrl
) on DeviceName, InvestigatedProcessCommandLine, InvestigatedProcessId, InvestigatedProcessName, InvestigatedProcessStartTime
| project-away DeviceName1, InvestigatedProcessCommandLine1, InvestigatedProcessId1, InvestigatedProcessName1, InvestigatedProcessStartTime1
| extend HostName = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, 0, indexof(DeviceName, '.')), DeviceName)
| extend DnsDomain = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, indexof(DeviceName, '.') + 1), "")
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
2624fc55-0998-4897-bb48-1c6422befce4
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC