blue-team-tools/rules/windows/process_creation/win_susp_servu_process_pattern.yml

title: Suspicious Serv-U Process Pattern
id: 58f4ea09-0fc2-4520-ba18-b85c540b0eaf
status: experimental
description: Detects a suspicious process pattern which could be a sign of an exploited Serv-U service
author: Florian Roth
date: 2021/07/14
references:
    - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/07/13/microsoft-discovers-threat-actor-targeting-solarwinds-serv-u-software-with-0-day-exploit/
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
tags:
    - attack.credential_access
    - attack.t1555 
    - cve.2021.35211
detection:
    selection:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\Serv-U.exe'
        Image|endswith:
            - '\cmd.exe'
            - '\powershell.exe'
            - '\wscript.exe'
            - '\cscript.exe'
            - '\sh.exe'
            - '\bash.exe'
            - '\schtasks.exe'
            - '\regsvr32.exe'
            - '\wmic.exe'  # https://app.any.run/tasks/c903e9c8-0350-440c-8688-3881b556b8e0/
            - '\mshta.exe'
            - '\rundll32.exe'
            - '\msiexec.exe'
            - '\forfiles.exe'
            - '\scriptrunner.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate uses in which users or programs use the SSH service of Serv-U for remote command execution
level: critical