High
Detection ID
Detection Name
Description
Hostname
User
ubuntu
Tactic
Defense Evasion
Technique
CMSTP
Objective
Keep Access
Event Time
2025-12-22 08:02:37
Received
2025-12-22 09:18:07
Process Information
File Name
cmstp.exe
File Path
\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\cmstp.exe
Command Line
cmstp  /s /ns C:\Users\ubuntu\AppData\Local\Temp\test.inf
Process ID
26999087266
Parent PID
26998346664
SHA256
6069d2ac168e49a4283c57193e1bf158df4040e66ea634afac4339a1ee7ec557 VT
MD5
b453286d3ca4fe5482ecb5fd4b743e0f
Disposition
2048
Prevention, process was blocked from execution.
Raw JSON Data
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    "offset": 157988,
    "eventType": "EppDetectionSummaryEvent",
    "eventCreationTime": 1766358157000,
    "version": "1.0"
  },
  "event": {
    "ProcessStartTime": 1766358096,
    "ProcessEndTime": 1766358096,
    "ProcessId": 26999087266,
    "ParentProcessId": 26998346664,
    "Hostname": "BOOK-R0BE6S1NC3",
    "UserName": "ubuntu",
    "Name": "Suspicious Activity",
    "Description": "A CMSTP.exe process appears to have been supplied with a suspicious INF file. CMSTP.exe may be abused to load and execute DLLs andor COM scriptlets SCT from remote servers. Review the command line.",
    "Severity": 70,
    "SeverityName": "High",
    "FileName": "cmstp.exe",
    "FilePath": "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume3\\Windows\\System32\\cmstp.exe",
    "CommandLine": "cmstp  /s /ns C:\\Users\\ubuntu\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\test.inf",
    "SHA256String": "6069d2ac168e49a4283c57193e1bf158df4040e66ea634afac4339a1ee7ec557",
    "MD5String": "b453286d3ca4fe5482ecb5fd4b743e0f",
    "SHA1String": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "LogonDomain": "BOOK-R0BE6S1NC3",
    "FalconHostLink": "https://falcon.us-2.crowdstrike.com/activity-v2/detections/84393bf974fd44bda943a25a6a7bc27f:ind:024efd237c2d4f87958607652cb04c8b:26999087266-10309-3745296?_cid=g04000x7oomvbbtvcerklzeap3llo7ue",
    "AgentId": "024efd237c2d4f87958607652cb04c8b",
    "IOCType": "hash_sha256",
    "IOCValue": "6069d2ac168e49a4283c57193e1bf158df4040e66ea634afac4339a1ee7ec557",
    "CompositeId": "84393bf974fd44bda943a25a6a7bc27f:ind:024efd237c2d4f87958607652cb04c8b:26999087266-10309-3745296",
    "LocalIP": "172.27.1.19",
    "MACAddress": "00-72-ee-3e-51-84",
    "Tactic": "Defense Evasion",
    "Technique": "CMSTP",
    "Objective": "Keep Access",
    "PatternDispositionDescription": "Prevention, process was blocked from execution.",
    "PatternDispositionValue": 2048,
    "PatternDispositionFlags": {
      "Indicator": false,
      "Detect": false,
      "InddetMask": false,
      "SensorOnly": false,
      "Rooting": false,
      "KillProcess": false,
      "KillSubProcess": false,
      "QuarantineMachine": false,
      "QuarantineFile": false,
      "PolicyDisabled": false,
      "KillParent": false,
      "OperationBlocked": false,
      "ProcessBlocked": true,
      "RegistryOperationBlocked": false,
      "CriticalProcessDisabled": false,
      "BootupSafeguardEnabled": false,
      "FsOperationBlocked": false,
      "HandleOperationDowngraded": false,
      "KillActionFailed": false,
      "BlockingUnsupportedOrDisabled": false,
      "SuspendProcess": false,
      "SuspendParent": false,
      "ContainmentFileSystem": false
    },
    "ParentImageFileName": "cmd.exe",
    "ParentCommandLine": "C:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe /c \u0022cmstp /s /ns C:\\Users\\ubuntu\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\test.inf\u0022",
    "GrandParentImageFileName": "python.exe",
    "GrandParentCommandLine": "\u0022C:\\app\\cortex-xdr-siem-test\\.venv\\Scripts\\python.exe\u0022  mega_incident_generator.py --rounds 2 --interval 30 ",
    "HostGroups": "4f5aa5f1cdc6441982cf5c58e4b5d75a",
    "AssociatedFile": "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume3\\Windows\\System32\\cmstp.exe",
    "PatternId": 10309,
    "SourceVendors": "CrowdStrike",
    "SourceProducts": "Falcon Insight",
    "DataDomains": "Endpoint",
    "AggregateId": "aggind:024efd237c2d4f87958607652cb04c8b:17576755488",
    "Type": "ldt",
    "ParentImageFilePath": "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume3\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe",
    "GrandParentImageFilePath": "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume3\\Users\\ubuntu\\scoop\\apps\\python\\3.13.2\\python.exe",
    "LocalIPv6": "",
    "PlatformId": "0",
    "PlatformName": "Windows",
    "MitreAttack": [
      {
        "Tactic": "Defense Evasion",
        "TacticID": "TA0005",
        "Technique": "CMSTP",
        "TechniqueID": "T1218.003",
        "PatternID": 10309
      }
    ],
    "CloudIndicator": false,
    "RiskScore": 50
  }
}