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Justin Ibarra 46d5e37b76 min_stack all rules to 8.3 (#2259)
* min_stack all rules to 8.3

* bump date

Co-authored-by: Mika Ayenson <mika.ayenson@elastic.co>
2022-08-24 10:38:49 -06:00

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[metadata]
creation_date = "2022/07/03"
maturity = "production"
min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
updated_date = "2022/08/24"
[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 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$*") and
((file.Ext.entropy >= 5 and file.size >= 150000) or file.size >= 1000000)]
[process where event.action == "start" and
(
(process.name in ("chrome.exe", "msedge.exe", "brave.exe", "whale.exe", "browser.exe", "dragon.exe", "vivaldi.exe", "opera.exe")
and process.args == "--single-argument") or
(process.name == "iexplore.exe" and process.args_count == 2) or
(process.name in ("firefox.exe", "waterfox.exe") and process.args == "-url")
)
and process.args : ("?:\\Users\\*\\Downloads\\*.htm*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\Content.Outlook\\*.htm*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Temp?_*.htm*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\7z*.htm*",
"?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*.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/"