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  "author": "ckeller@fusioncybersecurity.us",
  "cat": "Sensitive Process Accessed",
  "detect": {
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      "event_type": "SENSITIVE_PROCESS_ACCESS",
      "ext_ip": "67.60.122.240",
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      "oid": "ad19afae-3759-4207-b06e-8648b225c455",
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      "this": "220bcc8c1ff2bac62ff546c969badbec"
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  "gen_time": 1773853676335,
  "link": "https://app.limacharlie.io/orgs/ad19afae-3759-4207-b06e-8648b225c455/sensors/e4a1c62d-4d1f-4472-bae4-43291246b4d4/timeline?time=1773853676\u0026selected=220bcc8c1ff2bac62ff546c969badbec",
  "namespace": "general",
  "routing": {
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    "did": "",
    "event_id": "b876aaa2-ea43-406f-8553-10a5440320ab",
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    "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": 51,
    "moduleid": 2,
    "oid": "ad19afae-3759-4207-b06e-8648b225c455",
    "parent": "fc5d0530662c070c4e8dbb9b69badbc5",
    "plat": 268435456,
    "sid": "e4a1c62d-4d1f-4472-bae4-43291246b4d4",
    "tags": [
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    ],
    "target": "990b174edf869fdf7e114b4269badbc5",
    "this": "220bcc8c1ff2bac62ff546c969badbec"
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  "source_rule": "general.Sensitive Process Accessed",
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{
  "confidence": 0.965,
  "false_positive_reason": "Standard system process initialization (lsass.exe spawned by wininit.exe) in a benign path.",
  "investigation_questions": [
    "Was there a specific non-standard source process that attempted to read the memory of lsass.exe?",
    "Does this detection occur frequently during system startup on this host?"
  ],
  "ioc_analysis": "The file path C:\\Windows\\system32\\lsass.exe is the expected location for the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service. The hash bbc83e4759d4b82bad31e371ad679aa414c72273bf97cee5aed8337ed8a4d79f is a known legitimate Microsoft-signed binary, and its execution by wininit.exe (PID 536) is standard operating system behavior.",
  "iocs_extracted": [
    "C:\\Windows\\system32\\lsass.exe",
    "bbc83e4759d4b82bad31e371ad679aa414c72273bf97cee5aed8337ed8a4d79f",
    "C:\\Windows\\System32\\wininit.exe"
  ],
  "mitre_techniques": [
    "T1003"
  ],
  "recommended_actions": [
    "Close case as false positive (unanimous AI verdict)",
    "Whitelist legitimate SYSTEM-level access to lsass.exe initiated by wininit.exe to reduce noise.",
    "Monitor for lsass.exe access from non-system processes or those running from temp/user directories."
  ],
  "risk_score": 5,
  "severity": "low",
  "summary": "**Vote: UNANIMOUS (2/2 -\u003e FALSE POSITIVE)**\n\n### \u264a gemini-cli Analysis (Primary)\n**Verdict:** false_positive | **Confidence:** 0.98\nThe detection triggered on a sensitive process access event involving lsass.exe, which is a critical Windows security component. Analysis of the event data confirms that lsass.exe was spawned by its legitimate parent process, wininit.exe, from the standard System32 directory, representing a normal Windows boot sequence.\n\n**IOC Analysis:** The file path C:\\Windows\\system32\\lsass.exe is the expected location for the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service. The hash bbc83e4759d4b82bad31e371ad679aa414c72273bf97cee5aed8337ed8a4d79f is a known legitimate Microsoft-signed binary, and its execution by wininit.exe (PID 536) is standard operating system behavior.\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 Windows system binary running from its expected location in System32 with valid Microsoft signatures. Historical analyst feedback consistently marks this rule as false positive for legitimate system processes.\n\n**IOC Analysis:** lsass.exe is a critical Windows system binary responsible for handling security authentication and Kerberos services. The process is executing from C:\\Windows\\system32\\ which is the expected location, has a valid file signature (FILE_IS_SIGNED: 1), and matches known Microsoft hash values. The parent process wininit.exe is also a legitimate Windows initialization process running under SYSTEM context.\n\n---\n\n### \ud83e\udd16 deepseek-r1:8b Analysis (Secondary)\nFailed or timed out.",
  "verdict": "false_positive",
  "voting": {
    "auto_action": "auto_close_fp",
    "mode": "unanimous",
    "total_models": 2,
    "vote_summary": [
      "gemini-cli: false_positive (low, 98% confidence)",
      "qwen3.5:4b: false_positive (informational, 95% confidence)"
    ],
    "votes": [
      {
        "confidence": 0.98,
        "model": "gemini-cli",
        "verdict": "false_positive"
      },
      {
        "confidence": 0.95,
        "model": "qwen3.5:4b",
        "verdict": "false_positive"
      }
    ],
    "winning_count": 2,
    "winning_verdict": "false_positive"
  }
}