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Network Connection via MsXsl
editNetwork Connection via MsXsl
editIdentifies msxsl.exe
making a network connection. This may indicate
adversarial activity as msxsl.exe
is often leveraged by adversaries to
execute malicious scripts and evade detection.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Windows
Version: 3 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.1
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule query
editevent.category:network and event.type:connection and process.name:msxsl.exe and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16)
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: XSL Script Processing
- ID: T1220
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1220/
Rule version history
edit- Version 3 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.name:msxsl.exe and event.action:"Network connection detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16)
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