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77 lines
3.4 KiB
YAML
name: Windows Process Injection Remote Thread
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id: 8a618ade-ca8f-4d04-b972-2d526ba59924
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version: 5
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date: '2025-02-10'
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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: The following analytic detects suspicious remote thread execution in
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processes such as Taskmgr.exe, calc.exe, and notepad.exe, which may indicate process
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injection by malware like Qakbot. This detection leverages Sysmon EventCode 8 to
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identify remote thread creation in specific target processes. This activity is significant
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as it often signifies an attempt by malware to inject malicious code into legitimate
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processes, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution. If confirmed malicious,
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this could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, or maintain
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persistence on the compromised host.
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data_source:
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- Sysmon EventID 8
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search: '`sysmon` EventCode=8 TargetImage IN ("*\\Taskmgr.exe", "*\\calc.exe", "*\\notepad.exe",
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"*\\rdpclip.exe", "*\\explorer.exe", "*\\wermgr.exe", "*\\ping.exe", "*\\OneDriveSetup.exe",
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"*\\dxdiag.exe", "*\\mobsync.exe", "*\\msra.exe", "*\\xwizard.exe","*\\cmd.exe",
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"*\\powershell.exe") | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime
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by TargetImage TargetProcessId SourceProcessId EventCode StartAddress SourceImage
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dest | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
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| `windows_process_injection_remote_thread_filter`'
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how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you must be ingesting data
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that records process activity from your hosts like remote thread EventCode=8 of
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sysmon. If you are using Sysmon, you must have at least version 6.0.4 of the Sysmon
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TA.
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known_false_positives: unknown
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references:
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- https://twitter.com/pr0xylife/status/1585612370441031680?s=46&t=Dc3CJi4AnM-8rNoacLbScg
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- https://thedfirreport.com/2023/06/12/a-truly-graceful-wipe-out/
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drilldown_searches:
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- name: View the detection results for - "$dest$"
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search: '%original_detection_search% | search dest = "$dest$"'
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earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
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latest_offset: $info_max_time$
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- name: View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$dest$"
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search: '| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$dest$")
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starthoursago=168 | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime
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values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories)
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as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic)
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as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
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| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`'
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earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
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latest_offset: $info_max_time$
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rba:
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message: process $SourceImage$ create a remote thread to process $TargetImage$ on
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host $dest$
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risk_objects:
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- field: dest
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type: system
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score: 64
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threat_objects:
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- field: SourceImage
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type: process
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tags:
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analytic_story:
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- Qakbot
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- Graceful Wipe Out Attack
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- Warzone RAT
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asset_type: Endpoint
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mitre_attack_id:
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- T1055.002
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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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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/malware/qakbot/qbot_wermgr2/sysmon_wermgr2.log
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source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
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sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
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