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Bhavin Patel
75 lines
3.2 KiB
YAML
75 lines
3.2 KiB
YAML
name: Office Document Creating Schedule Task
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id: cc8b7b74-9d0f-11eb-8342-acde48001122
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version: 4
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date: '2023-02-15'
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author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
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status: production
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type: TTP
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description: this search detects a potential malicious office document that create
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schedule task entry through macro VBA api or through loading taskschd.dll. This
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technique was seen in so many malicious macro malware that create persistence ,
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beaconing using task schedule malware entry The search will return the first time
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and last time the task was registered, as well as the `Command` to be executed,
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`Task Name`, `Author`, `Enabled`, and whether it is `Hidden` or not. schtasks.exe
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is natively found in `C:\Windows\system32` and `C:\Windows\syswow64`. The following
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DLL(s) are loaded when schtasks.exe or TaskService is launched -`taskschd.dll`.
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If found loaded by another process, it's possible a scheduled task is being registered
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within that process context in memory. Upon triage, identify the task scheduled
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source. Was it schtasks.exe or via TaskService? Review the job created and the Command
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to be executed. Capture any artifacts on disk and review. Identify any parallel
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processes within the same timeframe to identify source.'
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data_source:
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- Sysmon Event ID 7
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search: '`sysmon` EventCode=7 parent_process_name IN ("WINWORD.EXE", "EXCEL.EXE",
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"POWERPNT.EXE","onenote.exe","onenotem.exe","onenoteviewer.exe","onenoteim.exe",
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"msaccess.exe") ImageLoaded = "*\\taskschd.dll" | stats min(_time) as firstTime
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max(_time) as lastTime values(ImageLoaded) as AllImageLoaded count by Computer EventCode
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Image parent_process_name ProcessId ProcessGuid | rename Computer as dest | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
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| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `office_document_creating_schedule_task_filter`'
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how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting
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logs with the process name and ImageLoaded (Like sysmon EventCode 7) from your endpoints.
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If you are using Sysmon, you must have at least version 6.0.4 of the Sysmon TA.
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Also be sure to include those monitored dll to your own sysmon config.
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known_false_positives: unknown
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references:
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- https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/irans-apt34-returns-with-an-updated-arsenal/
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- https://redcanary.com/threat-detection-report/techniques/scheduled-task-job/
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- https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/trojanized-onenote-document-leads-to-formbook-malware/
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tags:
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analytic_story:
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- Spearphishing Attachments
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asset_type: Endpoint
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confidence: 70
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impact: 70
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message: Office document creating a schedule task on $dest$
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mitre_attack_id:
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- T1566
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- T1566.001
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observable:
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- name: dest
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type: Endpoint
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role:
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- Victim
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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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- ImageLoaded
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- AllImageLoaded
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- dest
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- EventCode
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- Image
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- process_name
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- ProcessId
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- ProcessGuid
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- _time
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risk_score: 49
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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: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1566.001/datasets/windows-sysmon.log
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source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
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sourcetype: xmlwineventlog
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