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  • Wsmprovhost.exe Rare Child Process Low

    The PowerShell host wsmprovhost.exe is a proxy process executed remotely through PowerShell when using Windows Remote Management (WinRM). It has executed a rare child process, which may indicate remote code execution abuse by an attacker.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Lateral Movement (TA0008) Execution (TA0002)
    ATT&CK techniques: Remote Services: Windows Remote Management (T1021.006) Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell (T1059.001)
    Required data: XDR Agent
    Attacker's goals: Gain code execution on a remote host.
    Investigative actions: Investigate the processes being spawned from Wsmprovhost.exe on the host for malicious indicators. Correlate the initiator process (most likely PowerShell) to the source host and investigate it.