Process Monitor Driver Creation By Non-Sysinternals Binary
Detects creation of the Process Monitor driver by processes other than Process Monitor (procmon) itself.
Detection logic
selection
TargetFilename|contains: \procmon
TargetFilename|endswith: .sysfilter_main_process_explorer
Image|endswith:
- \procmon.exe
- \procmon64.exe
- \procmon64a.exeCondition
selection and not 1 of filter_main_*Raw YAML
title: Process Monitor Driver Creation By Non-Sysinternals Binary
id: a05baa88-e922-4001-bc4d-8738135f27de
status: test
description: Detects creation of the Process Monitor driver by processes other than Process Monitor (procmon) itself.
references:
- Internal Research
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-05-05
modified: 2026-06-29
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1068
logsource:
product: windows
category: file_event
detection:
selection:
TargetFilename|contains: '\procmon'
TargetFilename|endswith: '.sys'
filter_main_process_explorer:
Image|endswith:
- '\procmon.exe'
- '\procmon64.exe'
- '\procmon64a.exe'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
- Some false positives may occur with legitimate renamed process monitor binaries
level: mediumFalse positives
- Some false positives may occur with legitimate renamed process monitor binaries
References
Internal Research