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  "author": "ckeller@fusioncybersecurity.us",
  "cat": "Sensitive Process Accessed",
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      "iid": "47501359-645e-4049-906e-e6195da7afcf",
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  "gen_time": 1773853686339,
  "link": "https://app.limacharlie.io/orgs/ad19afae-3759-4207-b06e-8648b225c455/sensors/e4a1c62d-4d1f-4472-bae4-43291246b4d4/timeline?time=1773853686\u0026selected=5bcdd30adf7b0118a8b1015569badbf6",
  "namespace": "general",
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    "did": "",
    "event_id": "854b3bb5-f870-4b49-8ef2-8d771056aaa0",
    "event_time": 1773853686292,
    "event_type": "SENSITIVE_PROCESS_ACCESS",
    "ext_ip": "67.60.122.240",
    "hostname": "df-labsdc01.dflabs.local",
    "iid": "47501359-645e-4049-906e-e6195da7afcf",
    "int_ip": "192.168.45.129",
    "latency": 46,
    "moduleid": 2,
    "oid": "ad19afae-3759-4207-b06e-8648b225c455",
    "parent": "fc5d0530662c070c4e8dbb9b69badbc5",
    "plat": 268435456,
    "sid": "e4a1c62d-4d1f-4472-bae4-43291246b4d4",
    "tags": [
      "domain-controller"
    ],
    "target": "990b174edf869fdf7e114b4269badbc5",
    "this": "5bcdd30adf7b0118a8b1015569badbf6"
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  "source_rule": "general.Sensitive Process Accessed",
  "ts": 1773853686000
}

{
  "confidence": 0.943,
  "false_positive_reason": "Legitimate system binary lsass.exe running from correct path with expected parent wininit.exe.",
  "investigation_questions": [
    "Which process was the \u0027accessor\u0027 that triggered this alert?"
  ],
  "ioc_analysis": "lsass.exe (bbc83e4759d4b82bad31e371ad679aa414c72273bf97cee5aed8337ed8a4d79f) and wininit.exe (13ad43ee6d19dfc9709c3106d796bc3f21791a564e443d042a5aa117f2680649) are both known-good Windows system binaries located in their correct paths and are digitally signed by Microsoft.",
  "iocs_extracted": [
    "C:\\Windows\\system32\\lsass.exe",
    "bbc83e4759d4b82bad31e371ad679aa414c72273bf97cee5aed8337ed8a4d79f",
    "C:\\Windows\\System32\\wininit.exe",
    "13ad43ee6d19dfc9709c3106d796bc3f21791a564e443d042a5aa117f2680649"
  ],
  "mitre_techniques": [
    "T1003.001"
  ],
  "recommended_actions": [
    "Close case as false positive (unanimous AI verdict)",
    "No immediate response required.",
    "Whitelists or tune the \u0027Sensitive Process Accessed\u0027 rule to ignore legitimate system initialization or known security software access."
  ],
  "risk_score": 8,
  "severity": "low",
  "summary": "**Vote: UNANIMOUS (3/3 -\u003e FALSE POSITIVE)**\n\n### \u264a gemini-cli Analysis (Primary)\n**Verdict:** false_positive | **Confidence:** 0.98\nThe detection triggered on access to lsass.exe, which is a core Windows security process. Analysis confirms that lsass.exe is running from the expected System32 directory, is a signed Microsoft binary, and was spawned by its legitimate parent process, wininit.exe.\n\n**IOC Analysis:** lsass.exe (bbc83e4759d4b82bad31e371ad679aa414c72273bf97cee5aed8337ed8a4d79f) and wininit.exe (13ad43ee6d19dfc9709c3106d796bc3f21791a564e443d042a5aa117f2680649) are both known-good Windows system binaries located in their correct paths and are digitally signed by Microsoft.\n\n---\n\n### \ud83e\udd16 qwen3.5:4b Analysis (Secondary)\n**Verdict:** false_positive | **Confidence:** 0.95\nThe detection flagged lsass.exe access but the process is a known Microsoft-signed system binary running from its expected location in System32 under SYSTEM privileges. Historical analyst feedback consistently marks this rule as false positive for legitimate system activity.\n\n**IOC Analysis:** lsass.exe is a critical Windows system process responsible for security authentication and credential management. The file path C:\\Windows\\system32\\lsass.exe matches the expected location, the hash corresponds to the known Microsoft-signed binary, and FILE_IS_SIGNED indicates valid digital signature. Parent process wininit.exe is also legitimate.\n\n---\n\n### \ud83e\udd16 deepseek-r1:8b Analysis (Secondary)\n**Verdict:** false_positive | **Confidence:** 0.9\nThe detection event involves a legitimate Windows system process, lsass.exe, which is a core authentication service running from the expected C:\\Windows\\System32 location and is signed by Microsoft. Given the historical analyst feedback indicating false positives for this rule, this event is likely a false positive.\n\n**IOC Analysis:** The FILE_PATH \u0027C:\\Windows\\system32\\lsass.exe\u0027 is a known-good Windows system binary location. The FILE_IS_SIGNED value of 1 confirms it is Microsoft-signed, and the HASH matches a legitimate lsass.exe. The process is running with SYSTEM privileges, which is typical for system binaries, indicating benign behavior.",
  "verdict": "false_positive",
  "voting": {
    "auto_action": "auto_close_fp",
    "mode": "unanimous",
    "total_models": 3,
    "vote_summary": [
      "gemini-cli: false_positive (low, 98% confidence)",
      "qwen3.5:4b: false_positive (informational, 95% confidence)",
      "deepseek-r1:8b: false_positive (low, 90% confidence)"
    ],
    "votes": [
      {
        "confidence": 0.98,
        "model": "gemini-cli",
        "verdict": "false_positive"
      },
      {
        "confidence": 0.95,
        "model": "qwen3.5:4b",
        "verdict": "false_positive"
      },
      {
        "confidence": 0.9,
        "model": "deepseek-r1:8b",
        "verdict": "false_positive"
      }
    ],
    "winning_count": 3,
    "winning_verdict": "false_positive"
  }
}