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Bhavin Patel
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YAML
98 lines
4.0 KiB
YAML
name: Detect HTML Help Spawn Child Process
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id: 723716de-ee55-4cd4-9759-c44e7e55ba4b
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version: 3
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date: '2024-05-24'
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author: Michael Haag, Splunk
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status: production
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type: TTP
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description: The following analytic detects the execution of hh.exe (HTML Help) spawning
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a child process, indicating the use of a Compiled HTML Help (CHM) file to execute
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Windows script code. This detection leverages data from Endpoint Detection and Response
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(EDR) agents, focusing on process creation events where hh.exe is the parent process.
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This activity is significant as it may indicate an attempt to execute malicious
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scripts via CHM files, a known technique for bypassing security controls. If confirmed
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malicious, this could lead to unauthorized code execution, potentially compromising
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the system.
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data_source:
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- Sysmon EventID 1
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search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
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as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.parent_process_name=hh.exe
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by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process_name Processes.parent_process
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Processes.process_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id
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| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
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| `detect_html_help_spawn_child_process_filter`'
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how_to_implement: The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection
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and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related
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telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search,
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you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process.
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Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must
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be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to
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the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the `Processes` node of the `Endpoint`
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data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field
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names and speed up the data modeling process.
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known_false_positives: Although unlikely, some legitimate applications (ex. web browsers)
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may spawn a child process. Filter as needed.
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references:
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- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/001/
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- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1218.001/T1218.001.md
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- https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Hh/
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- https://gist.github.com/mgeeky/cce31c8602a144d8f2172a73d510e0e7
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20220119133748/https://cyberforensicator.com/2019/01/20/silence-dissecting-malicious-chm-files-and-performing-forensic-analysis/
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tags:
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analytic_story:
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- Suspicious Compiled HTML Activity
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- Living Off The Land
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- AgentTesla
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asset_type: Endpoint
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confidence: 100
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impact: 80
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message: An instance of $parent_process_name$ spawning $process_name$ was identified
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on endpoint $dest$ by user $user$ spawning a child process, typically not normal
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behavior.
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mitre_attack_id:
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- T1218
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- T1218.001
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observable:
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- name: user
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type: User
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role:
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- Victim
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- name: dest
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type: Hostname
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role:
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- Victim
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- name: parent_process_name
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type: Process
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role:
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- Parent Process
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- name: process_name
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type: Process
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role:
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- Child Process
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product:
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- Splunk Enterprise
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- Splunk Enterprise Security
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- Splunk Cloud
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required_fields:
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- _time
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- Processes.dest
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- Processes.user
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- Processes.parent_process_name
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- Processes.parent_process
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- Processes.original_file_name
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- Processes.process_name
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- Processes.process
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- Processes.process_id
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- Processes.parent_process_path
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- Processes.process_path
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- Processes.parent_process_id
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risk_score: 80
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security_domain: endpoint
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tests:
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- name: True Positive Test
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attack_data:
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- data:
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https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.001/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log
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source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
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sourcetype: xmlwineventlog
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