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Potential SharpRDP Behavior
editPotential SharpRDP Behavior
editIdentifies potential behavior of SharpRDP, which is a tool that can be used to perform authenticated command execution against a remote target via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) for the purposes of lateral movement.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Lateral Movement
Version: 4
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
edit/* Incoming RDP followed by a new RunMRU string value set to cmd, powershell, taskmgr or tsclient, followed by process execution within 1m */
sequence by host.id with maxspan=1m
[network where event.type == "start" and process.name : "svchost.exe" and destination.port == 3389 and
network.direction : ("incoming", "ingress") and network.transport == "tcp" and
source.address != "127.0.0.1" and source.address != "::1"
]
[registry where process.name : "explorer.exe" and
registry.path : ("HKEY_USERS\\*\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\RunMRU\\*") and
registry.data.strings : ("cmd.exe*", "powershell.exe*", "taskmgr*", "\\\\tsclient\\*.exe\\*")
]
[process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
(process.parent.name : ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "taskmgr.exe") or process.args : ("\\\\tsclient\\*.exe")) and
not process.name : "conhost.exe"
]
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Remote Desktop Protocol
- ID: T1021.001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/001/