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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 = "2022/07/03"
integration = ["endpoint"]
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 the execution of a browser process to open an HTML file with high entropy and size. Adversaries may smuggle
data and files past content filters by hiding malicious payloads inside of seemingly benign HTML files.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Suspicious HTML File Creation"
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.
"""
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "f0493cb4-9b15-43a9-9359-68c23a7f2cf3"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Initial Access"]
type = "eql"
query = '''
sequence by user.id with maxspan=5m
[file where host.os.type == "windows" and event.action in ("creation", "rename") and
file.extension : ("htm", "html") and
file.path : ("?:\\Users\\*\\Downloads\\*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\Content.Outlook\\*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Temp?_*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\7z*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*") and
((file.Ext.entropy >= 5 and file.size >= 150000) or file.size >= 1000000)]
[process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.action == "start" and
(
(process.name in ("chrome.exe", "msedge.exe", "brave.exe", "whale.exe", "browser.exe", "dragon.exe", "vivaldi.exe", "opera.exe")
and process.args == "--single-argument") or
(process.name == "iexplore.exe" and process.args_count == 2) or
(process.name in ("firefox.exe", "waterfox.exe") and process.args == "-url")
)
and process.args : ("?:\\Users\\*\\Downloads\\*.htm*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\Content.Outlook\\*.htm*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Temp?_*.htm*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\7z*.htm*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*.htm*")]
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1566"
name = "Phishing"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1566.001"
name = "Spearphishing Attachment"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/001/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1566.002"
name = "Spearphishing Link"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/002/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0001"
name = "Initial Access"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/"
[[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 = "T1027.006"
name = "HTML Smuggling"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1027/006/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"