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Justin Ibarra 97ee8cc9ac Refresh beats and ecs schemas and default to use latest to validate (#570)
* Refresh beats and ecs schemas and default to use latest to validate
* remove incorrect ecs_version from zoom rule
* remove stale ecs_version from rules
2020-12-01 13:24:20 -09:00

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[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/09/02"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2020/11/03"
[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies the installation of custom Application Compatibility Shim databases. This Windows functionality has been
abused by attackers to stealthily gain persistence and arbitrary code execution in legitimate Windows processes.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "winlogbeat-*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License"
name = "Installation of Custom Shim Databases"
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "c5ce48a6-7f57-4ee8-9313-3d0024caee10"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Persistence"]
type = "eql"
query = '''
sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=5m
[process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
not (process.name : "sdbinst.exe" and process.parent.name : "msiexec.exe")]
[registry where event.type in ("creation", "change") and
wildcard(registry.path, "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\AppCompatFlags\\Custom\\*.sdb")]
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1138"
name = "Application Shimming"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1138/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"