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name: CMD Echo Pipe - Escalation
id: eb277ba0-b96b-11eb-b00e-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2021-05-20'
author: Michael Haag, Splunk
type: TTP
datamodel:
- Endpoint
description: This analytic identifies a common behavior by Cobalt Strike and other
frameworks where the adversary will escalate privileges, either via `jump` (Cobalt
Strike PTH) or `getsystem`, using named-pipe impersonation. A suspicious event will
look like `cmd.exe /c echo 4sgryt3436 > \\.\Pipe\5erg53`.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where (Processes.process_name=cmd.exe
OR Processes.process=*%comspec%*) (Processes.process=*echo* AND Processes.process=*pipe*)
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)` | `cmd_echo_pipe___escalation_filter`'
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search you need to be ingesting information
on process that include the name of the process responsible for the changes from
your endpoints into the `Endpoint` datamodel in the `Processes` node.
known_false_positives: Unknown. It is possible filtering may be required to ensure
fidelity.
references:
- https://redcanary.com/threat-detection-report/threats/cobalt-strike/
- https://github.com/rapid7/meterpreter/blob/master/source/extensions/priv/server/elevate/namedpipe.c
tags:
analytic_story:
- Cobalt Strike
automated_detection_testing: passed
confidence: 80
context:
- Source:Endpoint
- Stage:Privilege Escalation
dataset:
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1055/cobalt_strike/windows-sysmon.log
impact: 80
kill_chain_phases:
- Exploitation
- Privilege Escalation
message: An instance of $parent_process_name$ spawning $process_name$ was identified
on endpoint $dest$ by user $user$ potentially performing privilege escalation
using named pipes related to Cobalt Strike and other frameworks.
mitre_attack_id:
- T1059.003
- T1543.003
observable:
- name: user
type: User
role:
- Victim
- name: dest
type: Hostname
role:
- Victim
- name: parent_process_name
type: Parent Process
role:
- Parent Process
- name: process_name
type: Process
role:
- Child Process
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: 64
security_domain: endpoint