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Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Crash - WER

This rule detects a suspicious crash of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  Provider_Name: Windows Error Reporting
  EventID: 1001
  Data|contains|all:
    - MsMpEng.exe
    - mpengine.dll
condition: selection

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2017-05-09

Data Sources

windowsapplication

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1211attack.t1562.001

Raw Content

title: Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Crash - WER
id: 6c82cf5c-090d-4d57-9188-533577631108
status: test
description: This rule detects a suspicious crash of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
references:
    - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1252&desc=5
    - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/4022344
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-05-09
modified: 2023-04-14
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1211
    - attack.t1562.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: application
    # warning: The 'data' field used in the detection section is the container for the event data as a whole. You may have to adapt the rule for your backend accordingly
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Windows Error Reporting'
        EventID: 1001
        Data|contains|all:
            - 'MsMpEng.exe'
            - 'mpengine.dll'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - MsMpEng might crash if the "C:\" partition is full
level: high