Analytics BIOC Low

Mshta.exe launched with suspicious arguments

Microsoft HTML application host process has been launched with suspicious arguments, which may indicate malicious intent.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
ATT&CK techniques: System Binary Proxy Execution: Mshta (T1218.005)
Detector tags: LOLBIN Execution Analytics
Attacker's goals:

Gain code execution on the host and evade security controls.

Investigative actions:

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day