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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 = "2020/03/25"
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 = """
An instance of MSBuild, the Microsoft Build Engine, started a PowerShell script or the Visual C# Command Line Compiler.
This technique is sometimes used to deploy a malicious payload using the Build Engine.
"""
false_positives = [
"""
The Build Engine is commonly used by Windows developers but use by non-engineers is unusual. If a build system
triggers this rule it can be exempted by process, user or host name.
""",
]
from = "now-9m"
index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*", "logs-windows.*", "endgame-*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Microsoft Build Engine Started an Unusual Process"
note = """## Setup
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://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/02/building-bypass-with-msbuild.html"]
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "9d110cb3-5f4b-4c9a-b9f5-53f0a1707ae6"
severity = "low"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Defense Evasion", "Elastic Endgame"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"
query = '''
process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
process.parent.name : "MSBuild.exe" and
process.name : ("csc.exe", "iexplore.exe", "powershell.exe")
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1027"
name = "Obfuscated Files or Information"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1027/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1027.004"
name = "Compile After Delivery"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1027/004/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"