Files
splunk-security_content/dev/endpoint/wsmprovhost_lolbas_execution_process_spawn.yml
2023-01-20 13:24:15 +01:00

113 lines
3.0 KiB
YAML

name: Wsmprovhost LOLBAS Execution Process Spawn
id: 2eed004c-4c0d-11ec-93e8-3e22fbd008af
version: 1
date: '2021-11-22'
author: Mauricio Velazco, Splunk
status: production
type: TTP
description: The following analytic identifies `Wsmprovhost.exe` spawning a LOLBAS
execution process. When adversaries execute code on remote endpoints abusing the
Windows Remote Management (WinRm) protocol, the executed command is spawned as a
child processs of `Wsmprovhost.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 Wsmprovhost.exe that are part of the LOLBAS
project can help defenders identify lateral movement activity.
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 1
search:
selection1:
Image|endswith:
- 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
ParentImage: wsmprovhost.exe
condition: (selection1)
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/T1021/006/
- https://lolbas-project.github.io/
- https://pentestlab.blog/2018/05/15/lateral-movement-winrm/
tags:
analytic_story:
- Active Directory Lateral Movement
asset_type: Endpoint
confidence: 60
impact: 90
message: Wsmprovhost.exe spawned a LOLBAS process on $dest$.
mitre_attack_id:
- T1021
- T1021.006
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
risk_score: 54
security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
attack_data:
- data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1021.006/lateral_movement_lolbas/windows-sysmon.log
source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: xmlwineventlog