Analytics BIOC Low

Unusual Lolbins Process Spawned by InstallUtil.exe

An unusual process was spawned by InstallUtil.exe, possibly indicating malicious local or remote code execution.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
ATT&CK techniques: System Binary Proxy Execution: InstallUtil (T1218.004)
Detector tags: LOLBIN Execution Analytics
Attacker's goals:

Gain code execution on the host.

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