diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_proxy_execution_via_msdt.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_proxy_execution_via_msdt.toml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9702ae6cc --- /dev/null +++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_proxy_execution_via_msdt.toml @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +[metadata] +creation_date = "2022/05/31" +maturity = "production" +updated_date = "2022/05/31" + +[rule] +author = ["Elastic"] +description = """ +Identifies potential abuse of the Microsoft Diagnostics Troubleshooting Wizard (MSDT) to proxy malicious command or binary +execution via malicious process arguments. +""" +from = "now-9m" +index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "winlogbeat-*", "logs-windows.*"] +language = "eql" +license = "Elastic License v2" +name = "Suspicious Microsoft Diagnostics Wizard Execution" +note = """## Config + +If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2, events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until 8.2, so you will need to add a custom pipeline to populate `event.ingested` to @timestamp for this rule to work. +""" +references = [ + "https://twitter.com/nao_sec/status/1530196847679401984", + "https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Msdt/", +] +risk_score = 73 +rule_id = "2c3c29a4-f170-42f8-a3d8-2ceebc18eb6a" +severity = "high" +tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Defense Evasion"] +type = "eql" + +query = ''' +process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and + (process.pe.original_file_name == "msdt.exe" or process.name : "msdt.exe") and + ( + process.args : ("IT_RebrowseForFile=*", "ms-msdt:/id", "ms-msdt:-id", "*FromBase64*") or + + (process.args : "-af" and process.args : "/skip" and + process.parent.name : ("explorer.exe", "cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "cscript.exe", "wscript.exe", "mshta.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe") and + process.args : ("?:\\WINDOWS\\diagnostics\\index\\PCWDiagnostic.xml", "PCWDiagnostic.xml", "?:\\Users\\Public\\*", "?:\\Windows\\Temp\\*")) or + + (process.pe.original_file_name == "msdt.exe" and not process.name : "msdt.exe" and process.name != null) or + + (process.pe.original_file_name == "msdt.exe" and not process.executable : ("?:\\Windows\\system32\\msdt.exe", "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msdt.exe")) + ) +''' + + +[[rule.threat]] +framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" +[[rule.threat.technique]] +id = "T1218" +name = "Signed Binary Proxy Execution" +reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/" + +[rule.threat.tactic] +id = "TA0005" +name = "Defense Evasion" +reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"