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splunk-security_content/detections/endpoint/windows_system_reboot_commandline.yml
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name: Windows System Reboot CommandLine
id: 97fc2b60-c8eb-4711-93f7-d26fade3686f
version: 2
date: '2024-05-28'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
status: production
type: Anomaly
description: The following analytic identifies the execution of the Windows command
line to reboot a host machine using "shutdown.exe" with specific parameters. This
detection leverages data from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents, focusing
on process names and command-line arguments. This activity is significant as it
is often associated with advanced persistent threats (APTs) and remote access trojans
(RATs) like dcrat, which may use system reboots to disrupt operations, aid in system
destruction, or inhibit recovery. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to system
downtime, data loss, or hindered incident response efforts.
data_source:
- Sysmon EventID 1
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` values(Processes.process) as process
min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes
where (Processes.process_name = shutdown.exe OR Processes.original_file_name = shutdown.exe)
Processes.process="*shutdown*" Processes.process IN ("* /r*", "* -r*") Processes.process
IN ("* /t*","* -t*","* /f*","* -f*") by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process
Processes.process_name Processes.original_file_name Processes.process Processes.process_id
Processes.parent_process_id | `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `windows_system_reboot_commandline_filter`'
how_to_implement: The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection
and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related
telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search,
you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process.
Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must
be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to
the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the `Processes` node of the `Endpoint`
data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field
names and speed up the data modeling process.
known_false_positives: Administrator may execute this commandline to trigger shutdown
or restart the host machine.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1529/
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/analyzing-dark-crystal-rat-backdoor
tags:
analytic_story:
- DarkCrystal RAT
- NjRAT
- DarkGate Malware
asset_type: Endpoint
confidence: 50
impact: 60
message: Process $process_name$ that executed reboot via commandline on $dest$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1529
observable:
- name: dest
type: Hostname
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: 30
security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
attack_data:
- data:
https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/malware/dcrat/reboot_logoff_commandline/sysmon.log
source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: xmlwineventlog
update_timestamp: true