Incoming DCOM Lateral Movement with ShellBrowserWindow or ShellWindows
editIncoming DCOM Lateral Movement with ShellBrowserWindow or ShellWindows
editIdentifies use of Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) to run commands from a remote host, which are launched via the ShellBrowserWindow or ShellWindows Application COM Object. This behavior may indicate an attacker abusing a DCOM application to stealthily move laterally.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
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: 3
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editsequence by host.id with maxspan=5s [network where event.type == "start" and process.name : "explorer.exe" and network.direction == "incoming" and network.transport == "tcp" and source.port > 49151 and destination.port > 49151 and not source.address in ("127.0.0.1", "::1") ] by process.entity_id [process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.parent.name : "explorer.exe" ] by process.parent.entity_id
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: Distributed Component Object Model
- ID: T1021.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/003/