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name: Mmc LOLBAS Execution Process Spawn
id: f6601940-4c74-11ec-b9b7-3e22fbd008af
version: 1
date: '2021-11-23'
author: Mauricio Velazco, Splunk
type: TTP
datamodel:
- Endpoint
description: The following analytic identifies `mmc.exe` spawning a LOLBAS execution
process. When adversaries execute code on remote endpoints abusing the DCOM protocol
and the MMC20 COM object, the executed command is spawned as a child processs of
`mmc.exe`. The LOLBAS project documents Windows native binaries that can be abused
by threat actors to perform tasks like executing malicious code. Looking for child
processes of mmc.exe that are part of the LOLBAS project can help defenders identify
lateral movement activity.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where (Processes.parent_process_name=mmc.exe)
(Processes.process_name IN ("Regsvcs.exe", "Ftp.exe", "OfflineScannerShell.exe",
"Rasautou.exe", "Schtasks.exe", "Xwizard.exe", "Dllhost.exe", "Pnputil.exe", "Atbroker.exe",
"Pcwrun.exe", "Ttdinject.exe","Mshta.exe", "Bitsadmin.exe", "Certoc.exe", "Ieexec.exe",
"Microsoft.Workflow.Compiler.exe", "Runscripthelper.exe", "Forfiles.exe", "Msbuild.exe",
"Register-cimprovider.exe", "Tttracer.exe", "Ie4uinit.exe", "Bash.exe", "Hh.exe",
"SettingSyncHost.exe", "Cmstp.exe", "Mmc.exe", "Stordiag.exe", "Scriptrunner.exe",
"Odbcconf.exe", "Extexport.exe", "Msdt.exe", "WorkFolders.exe", "Diskshadow.exe",
"Mavinject.exe", "Regasm.exe", "Gpscript.exe", "Rundll32.exe", "Regsvr32.exe", "Msiexec.exe",
"Wuauclt.exe", "Presentationhost.exe", "Wmic.exe", "Runonce.exe", "Syncappvpublishingserver.exe",
"Verclsid.exe", "Infdefaultinstall.exe", "Explorer.exe", "Installutil.exe", "Netsh.exe",
"Wab.exe", "Dnscmd.exe", "At.exe", "Pcalua.exe", "Msconfig.exe")) by Processes.dest
Processes.user Processes.parent_process Processes.process_name Processes.process
Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id | `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `mmc_lolbas_execution_process_spawn_filter`'
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting
logs with the process name, parent process, and command-line executions from your
endpoints.
known_false_positives: Legitimate applications may trigger this behavior, filter as
needed.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/003/
- https://www.cybereason.com/blog/dcom-lateral-movement-techniques
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/
tags:
analytic_story:
- Active Directory Lateral Movement
automated_detection_testing: passed
confidence: 60
context:
- Source:Endpoint
- Stage:Lateral Movement
dataset:
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1021.003/lateral_movement_lolbas/windows-sysmon.log
impact: 90
kill_chain_phases:
- Privilege Escalation
message: Mmc.exe spawned a LOLBAS process on $dest
mitre_attack_id:
- T1021
- T1021.003
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Processes.dest
- Processes.user
- Processes.parent_process_name
- Processes.parent_process
- Processes.original_file_name
- Processes.process_name
- Processes.process
- Processes.process_id
- Processes.parent_process_path
- Processes.process_path
- Processes.parent_process_id
risk_score: 54
security_domain: endpoint