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Process Analysis

Definition

Process Analysis consists of observing a running application process and analyzing it to watch for certain behaviors or conditions which may indicate adversary activity. Analysis can occur inside of the process or through a third-party monitoring application. Examples include monitoring system and privileged calls, monitoring process initiation chains, and memory boundary allocations.

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Technique Subclasses

There are 12 techniques in this category, Process Analysis.

Name	ID	Definition	Synonyms
Process Analysis	D3-PA	Process Analysis consists of observing a running application process and analyzing it to watch for certain behaviors or conditions which may indicate adversary activity. Analysis can occur inside of the process or through a third-party monitoring application. Examples include monitoring system and privileged calls, monitoring process initiation chains, and memory boundary allocations.
- Database Query String Analysis	D3-DQSA	Analyzing database queries to detect [SQL Injection](https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/66.html).
- File Access Pattern Analysis	D3-FAPA	Analyzing the files accessed by a process to identify unauthorized activity.
- Process Self-Modification Detection	D3-PSMD	Detects processes that modify, change, or replace their own code at runtime.
- Process Spawn Analysis	D3-PSA	Analyzing spawn arguments or attributes of a process to detect processes that are unauthorized.
- Script Execution Analysis	D3-SEA	Analyzing the execution of a script to detect unauthorized user activity.
- Shadow Stack Comparisons	D3-SSC	Comparing a call stack in system memory with a shadow call stack maintained by the processor to determine unauthorized shellcode activity.
- System Call Analysis	D3-SCA	Analyzing system calls to determine whether a process is exhibiting unauthorized behavior.
- Indirect Branch Call Analysis	D3-IBCA	Analyzing vendor specific branch call recording in order to detect ROP style attacks.
- File Creation Analysis	D3-FCA	Analyzing the properties of file create system call invocations.
- Process Code Segment Verification	D3-PCSV	Comparing the "text" or "code" memory segments to a source of truth.
- Process Lineage Analysis	D3-PLA	Identification of suspicious processes executing on an end-point device by examining the ancestry and siblings of a process, and the associated metadata of each node on the tree, such as process execution, duration, and order relative to siblings and ancestors.	Process Tree Analysis

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