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hunting-for-process-injection-techniques Detect process injection techniques (T1055) including CreateRemoteThread, process hollowing, and DLL injection via Sysmon Event IDs 8 and 10 and EDR process telemetry cybersecurity threat-hunting
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Executable Denylisting
Execution Isolation
File Metadata Consistency Validation
Content Format Conversion
File Content Analysis

Hunting for Process Injection Techniques

Overview

Process injection (MITRE ATT&CK T1055) allows adversaries to execute code in the address space of another process, enabling defense evasion and privilege escalation. This skill detects injection techniques via Sysmon Event ID 8 (CreateRemoteThread), Event ID 10 (ProcessAccess with suspicious access rights), and analysis of source-target process relationships to distinguish legitimate from malicious injection.

When to Use

  • When investigating security incidents that require hunting for process injection techniques
  • When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
  • When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
  • When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

  • Sysmon installed with Event IDs 8 and 10 enabled
  • Process creation logs (Sysmon Event ID 1 or Windows 4688)
  • Python 3.8+ with standard library
  • JSON-formatted Sysmon event logs

Steps

  1. Parse Sysmon Events — Ingest Event IDs 1, 8, and 10 from JSON log files
  2. Detect CreateRemoteThread — Flag Event ID 8 with suspicious source-target process pairs
  3. Analyze ProcessAccess Rights — Identify Event ID 10 with dangerous access masks (PROCESS_VM_WRITE, PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD)
  4. Build Process Relationship Graph — Map source-to-target injection relationships
  5. Filter Known Legitimate Pairs — Exclude known benign injection patterns (AV, debuggers, system processes)
  6. Score Injection Severity — Apply risk scoring based on source process, target process, and access rights
  7. Generate Hunt Report — Produce structured report with MITRE sub-technique mapping

Expected Output

  • JSON report of detected injection events with severity scores
  • Process injection relationship graph
  • MITRE ATT&CK sub-technique mapping (T1055.001-T1055.012)
  • False positive exclusion recommendations