Excessive Distinct Processes From Windows Temp

Date: 2025-08-12 ID: 1790d351-021e-4824-bddb-0fbfa1efbc9a Author: Generated by dataset_analyzer.py Environment: attack_range Directory: excessive_distinct_processes_from_windows_temp

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory excessive_distinct_processes_from_windows_temp

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1059	Command and Scripting Interpreter	Execution

Environment Details

Field	Value
Environment	attack_range
Directory	excessive_distinct_processes_from_windows_temp
Test Date	2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Xml

Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1059/excessive_distinct_processes_from_windows_temp/windows-xml.log
Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name	Type	Source	MITRE ATT&CK	Analytic Story
Excessive number of taskhost processes	`Anomaly`	Endpoint	T1059	Meterpreter
Excessive distinct processes from Windows Temp	`Anomaly`	Endpoint	T1059	Meterpreter

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1059/excessive_distinct_processes_from_windows_temp/windows-xml.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0