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Justin Ibarra 59da2da474 [Rule Tuning] Ensure host information is in endpoint rule queries (#2593)
* add unit tests to ensure host type and platform are included
* add host.os.name 'linux' to all linux rules
* add host.os.name macos to mac rules
* add host.os.name to windows rules; fix linux dates
* update from host.os.name to host.os.type

Co-authored-by: brokensound77 <brokensound77@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jonhnathan <26856693+w0rk3r@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-03-05 11:41:19 -07:00

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[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/11/28"
integration = ["endpoint", "windows"]
maturity = "production"
min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
updated_date = "2023/02/22"
[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies instances of Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) being started via the Component Object Model (COM) making
unusual network connections. Adversaries could abuse Internet Explorer via COM to avoid suspicious processes making
network connections and bypass host-based firewall restrictions.
"""
false_positives = ["Processes such as MS Office using IEproxy to render HTML content."]
from = "now-9m"
index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*", "logs-windows.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Potential Command and Control via Internet Explorer"
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "acd611f3-2b93-47b3-a0a3-7723bcc46f6d"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Command and Control"]
type = "eql"
query = '''
sequence by host.id, user.name with maxspan = 5s
[library where host.os.type == "windows" and dll.name : "IEProxy.dll" and process.name : ("rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe")]
[process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and process.parent.name : "iexplore.exe" and process.parent.args : "-Embedding"]
/* IE started via COM in normal conditions makes few connections, mainly to Microsoft and OCSP related domains, add FPs here */
[network where host.os.type == "windows" and network.protocol == "dns" and process.name : "iexplore.exe" and
not dns.question.name :
(
"*.microsoft.com",
"*.digicert.com",
"*.msocsp.com",
"*.windowsupdate.com",
"*.bing.com",
"*.identrust.com",
"*.sharepoint.com",
"*.office365.com",
"*.office.com"
)
] /* with runs=5 */
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1071"
name = "Application Layer Protocol"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0011"
name = "Command and Control"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/"
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1559"
name = "Inter-Process Communication"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1559.001"
name = "Component Object Model"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/001/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"