Suspicious Wermgr.exe Execution Path

Kaung Khant Ko@kaungkhantko

•updated Jun 4, 2026•6•0•27

Detects the execution of wermgr.exe from a directory other than the standard System32 or SysWOW64 paths. This behavior is indicative of a dropped payload mapped via windir environment variable manipulation, as observed in the MiniPlasma Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) exploit chain.