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splunk-security_content/detections/web/web_remote_shellservlet_access.yml

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name: Web Remote ShellServlet Access
id: c2a332c3-24a2-4e24-9455-0e80332e6746
version: 6
date: '2025-05-02'
author: Michael Haag, Splunk
status: production
type: TTP
data_source:
- Nginx Access
description: The following analytic identifies attempts to access the Remote ShellServlet
on a web server, specifically targeting Confluence servers vulnerable to CVE-2023-22518
and CVE-2023-22515. It leverages web data to detect URLs containing "*plugins/servlet/com.jsos.shell/*"
with a status code of 200. This activity is significant as it is commonly associated
with web shells and other malicious behaviors, potentially leading to unauthorized
command execution. If confirmed malicious, attackers could gain remote code execution
capabilities, compromising the server and potentially the entire network.
search: '| tstats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Web
where Web.url IN ("*plugins/servlet/com.jsos.shell/*") Web.status=200 by Web.http_user_agent,
Web.status Web.http_method, Web.url, Web.url_length, Web.src, Web.dest, sourcetype
| `drop_dm_object_name("Web")` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `web_remote_shellservlet_access_filter`'
how_to_implement: This analytic necessitates the collection of web data, which can
be achieved through Splunk Stream or by utilizing the Splunk Add-on for Apache Web
Server. No additional configuration is required for this analytic.
known_false_positives: False positives may occur depending on the web server's configuration.
If the web server is intentionally configured to utilize the Remote ShellServlet,
then the detections by this analytic would not be considered true positives.
references:
- http://www.servletsuite.com/servlets/shell.htm
drilldown_searches:
- name: View the detection results for - "$dest$"
search: '%original_detection_search% | search dest = "$dest$"'
earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
latest_offset: $info_max_time$
- name: View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$dest$"
search: '| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$dest$")
starthoursago=168 | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime
values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories)
as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic)
as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`'
earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
latest_offset: $info_max_time$
rba:
message: An attempt to access the Remote ShellServlet on a web server was detected.
The source IP is $src$ and the destination hostname is $dest$.
risk_objects:
- field: dest
type: system
score: 81
threat_objects:
- field: src
type: ip_address
tags:
analytic_story:
- CVE-2023-22515 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Confluence Data Center and Server
asset_type: Web Server
atomic_guid: []
mitre_attack_id:
- T1190
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
security_domain: network
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
attack_data:
- data:
https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1190/confluence/nginx_shellservlet.log
source: /var/log/nginx/access.log
sourcetype: nginx:plus:kv