Process Activity

Process Activity events report when a process launches, injects, opens or terminates another process, successful or otherwise.

Attributes

Caption	Name	Type	Description
Action	`action`	String	The normalized caption of `action_id`.
Action ID	`action_id`	Integer	The action taken by a control or other policy-based system leading to an outcome or disposition. Dispositions conform to an action of `1` 'Allowed' or `2` 'Denied' in most cases. Note that `99` 'Other' is not an option. No action would equate to `1` 'Allowed'. An unknown action may still correspond to a known disposition. Refer to `disposition_id` for the outcome of the action. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Allowed (`ALLOWED`) `2`: Denied (`DENIED`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Activity ID	`activity_id`	Integer	The normalized identifier of the activity that triggered the event. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Launch (`LAUNCH`) `2`: Terminate (`TERMINATE`) `3`: Open (`OPEN`) `4`: Inject (`INJECT`) `5`: Set User ID (`SET_USER_ID`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Activity	`activity_name`	String	The event activity name, as defined by the activity_id.
Actor	`actor`	Actor[]	The actor that performed the activity on the target `process`. For example, the process that started a new process or injected code into another process.
Actual Permissions	`actual_permissions`	Integer	The permissions that were granted to the in a platform-native format.
API Details	`api`	API[]	Describes details about a typical API (Application Programming Interface) call.
MITRE ATT&CK® Details	`attacks`	MITRE ATT&CK®[]	An array of MITRE ATT&CK® objects describing the tactics, techniques & sub-techniques identified by a security control or finding.
Authorization Information	`authorizations`	Authorization Result[]	Provides details about an authorization, such as authorization outcome, and any associated policies related to the activity/event.
Category	`category_name`	String	The event category name, as defined by category_uid value.
Category ID	`category_uid`	Integer	The category unique identifier of the event. `1`: System Activity (`SYSTEM_ACTIVITY`)
Class	`class_name`	String	The event class name, as defined by class_uid value.
Class ID	`class_uid`	Integer	The unique identifier of a class. A class describes the attributes available in an event. `1007`: Process Activity (`PROCESS_ACTIVITY`)
Cloud	`cloud`	Cloud[]	Describes details about the Cloud environment where the event was originally created or logged.
Confidence	`confidence`	Integer	The confidence of the reported event severity as a percentage: 0%-100%. 🚧 WARNING: DEPRECATED Confidence has been deprecated since 1.1.0. Deprecated in upgrade from ocsf-0.31.1 to qdm-1.1.0
Count	`count`	Integer	The number of times that events in the same logical group occurred during the event Start Time to End Time period.
Data	`data`	JSON	Additional data that is associated with the event. 🚧 WARNING: DEPRECATED Data has been deprecated since 1.1.0. Deprecated in upgrade from ocsf-0.31.1 to qdm-1.1.0
Device	`device`	Device[]	An addressable device, computer system or host.
Disposition	`disposition`	String	The disposition name, normalized to the caption of the disposition_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Disposition ID	`disposition_id`	Integer	Describes the outcome or action taken by a security control, such as access control checks, malware detections or various types of policy violations. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Allowed (`ALLOWED`) `10`: Exonerated (`EXONERATED`) `11`: Corrected (`CORRECTED`) `12`: Partially Corrected (`PARTIALLY_CORRECTED`) `13`: Uncorrected (`UNCORRECTED`) `14`: Delayed (`DELAYED`) `15`: Detected (`DETECTED`) `16`: No Action (`NO_ACTION`) `17`: Logged (`LOGGED`) `18`: Tagged (`TAGGED`) `19`: Alert (`ALERT`) `2`: Blocked (`BLOCKED`) `20`: Count (`COUNT`) `21`: Reset (`RESET`) `22`: Captcha (`CAPTCHA`) `23`: Challenge (`CHALLENGE`) `24`: Access Revoked (`ACCESS_REVOKED`) `25`: Rejected (`REJECTED`) `26`: Unauthorized (`UNAUTHORIZED`) `27`: Error (`ERROR`) `3`: Quarantined (`QUARANTINED`) `4`: Isolated (`ISOLATED`) `5`: Deleted (`DELETED`) `6`: Dropped (`DROPPED`) `7`: Custom Action (`CUSTOM_ACTION`) `8`: Approved (`APPROVED`) `9`: Restored (`RESTORED`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Duration	`duration`	Long	The event duration or aggregate time, the amount of time the event covers from `start_time` to `end_time` in milliseconds.
End Time	`end_time`	Timestamp	The end time of a time period, or the time of the most recent event included in the aggregate event.
Enrichments	`enrichments`	Enrichment[]	The additional information from an external data source, which is associated with the event or a finding. For example add location information for the IP address in the DNS answers: `[{"name": "answers.ip", "value": "92.24.47.250", "type": "location", "data": {"city": "Socotra", "continent": "Asia", "coordinates": [-25.4153, 17.0743], "country": "YE", "desc": "Yemen"}}]`
Exit Code	`exit_code`	Integer	The exit code reported by a process when it terminates. The convention is that zero indicates success and any non-zero exit code indicates that some error occurred.
Firewall Rule	`firewall_rule`	Firewall Rule[]	The firewall rule that triggered the event.
Injection Type	`injection_type`	String	The process injection method, normalized to the caption of the injection_type_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Injection Type ID	`injection_type_id`	Integer	The normalized identifier of the process injection method. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Remote Thread (`REMOTE_THREAD`) `2`: Load Library (`LOAD_LIBRARY`) `3`: Queue APC (`QUEUE_APC`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Malware	`malware`	Malware[]	A list of Malware objects, describing details about the identified malware.
Message	`message`	String	The description of the event/finding, as defined by the source.
Metadata	`metadata`	Metadata[]	The metadata associated with the event or a finding.
Module	`module`	Module[]	The module that was injected by the actor process.
Observables	`observables`	Observable[]	The observables associated with the event or a finding.
OSINT	`osint`	OSINT[]	The OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) object contains details related to an indicator such as the indicator itself, related indicators, geolocation, registrar information, subdomains, analyst commentary, and other contextual information. This information can be used to further enrich a detection or finding by providing decisioning support to other analysts and engineers.
Process	`process`	Linux Process[]	The process that was launched, injected into, opened, or terminated.
Raw Data	`raw_data`	JSON	The event data as received from the event source.
Record ID	`record_id`	String	Unique idenifier for the event
Requested Permissions	`requested_permissions`	Integer	The permissions mask that were requested by the process.
Severity	`severity`	String	The event/finding severity, normalized to the caption of the severity_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the source.
Severity ID	`severity_id`	Integer	The normalized identifier of the event/finding severity. The normalized severity is a measurement the effort and expense required to manage and resolve an event or incident. Smaller numerical values represent lower impact events, and larger numerical values represent higher impact events. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Informational (`INFORMATIONAL`) `2`: Low (`LOW`) `3`: Medium (`MEDIUM`) `4`: High (`HIGH`) `5`: Critical (`CRITICAL`) `6`: Fatal (`FATAL`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Start Time	`start_time`	Timestamp	The start time of a time period, or the time of the least recent event included in the aggregate event.
Status	`status`	String	The event status, normalized to the caption of the status_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Status Code	`status_code`	String	The event status code, as reported by the event source. For example, in a Windows Failed Authentication event, this would be the value of 'Failure Code', e.g. 0x18.
Status Details	`status_detail`	String	The status detail contains additional information about the event/finding outcome.
Status ID	`status_id`	Integer	The normalized identifier of the event status. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Success (`SUCCESS`) `2`: Failure (`FAILURE`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Event Time	`time`	Timestamp	The normalized event occurrence time or the finding creation time.
Timezone Offset	`timezone_offset`	Integer	The number of minutes that the reported event `time` is ahead or behind UTC, in the range -1,080 to +1,080.
Type Name	`type_name`	String	The event/finding type name, as defined by the type_uid.
Type ID	`type_uid`	Long	The event/finding type ID. It identifies the event's semantics and structure. The value is calculated by the logging system as: `class_uid * 100 + activity_id`. `100700`: Process Activity: Unknown (`PROCESS_ACTIVITY_UNKNOWN`) `100701`: Process Activity: Launch (`PROCESS_ACTIVITY_LAUNCH`) `100702`: Process Activity: Terminate (`PROCESS_ACTIVITY_TERMINATE`) `100703`: Process Activity: Open (`PROCESS_ACTIVITY_OPEN`) `100704`: Process Activity: Inject (`PROCESS_ACTIVITY_INJECT`) `100705`: Process Activity: Set User ID (`PROCESS_ACTIVITY_SET_USER_ID`) `100799`: Process Activity: Other (`PROCESS_ACTIVITY_OTHER`)
Unmapped Data	`unmapped`	Unmapped[]	The attributes that are not mapped to the event schema. The names and values of those attributes are specific to the event source.

Relationships

Outbound Relationships

Process Activity references the following objects and events in its attributes:

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