Processes with Trailing Spaces

Identifies processes running with a trailing space, which can be used to look like an ordinary file while evading default file handlers.

id:391c27cf-68d5-4416-9315-cdfde096a33b
categories:detect
confidence:low
os:macos, linux
created:7/26/2019
updated:7/26/2019

MITRE ATT&CK™ Mapping

tactics:Defense Evasion, Execution
techniques:T1151 Space after Filename

Query

process where subtype.create
  and process_name == "* "

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