Suspicious Scripting/CommandLine Process Spawned Regsvr32 (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Scripting/CommandLine Process Spawned Regsvr32 (via process_creation)
id: cfeda0d1-b3fa-574f-8c8e-0aa2b06f0e5e
status: stable
description: This rule detects various command line and scripting engines/processes such as "PowerShell", "Wscript", "Cmd", etc. spawning a "regsvr32" instance.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/010/
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20171001085340/https://subt0x10.blogspot.com/2017/04/bypass-application-whitelisting-script.html
    - https://app.any.run/tasks/34221348-072d-4b70-93f3-aa71f6ebecad/
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-06-02
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218.010
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith:
            - '\cmd.exe'
            - '\cscript.exe'
            - '\mshta.exe'
            - '\powershell_ise.exe'
            - '\powershell.exe'
            - '\pwsh.exe'
            - '\wscript.exe'
        Image|endswith: '\regsvr32.exe'
    filter_main_rpcproxy:
        ParentImage: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        CommandLine|endswith: ' /s C:\Windows\System32\RpcProxy\RpcProxy.dll'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium