Microsoft IIS Service Account Password Dumped

Identifies the Internet Information Services (IIS) command-line tool, AppCmd, being used to list passwords. An attacker with IIS web server access via a web shell can decrypt and dump the IIS AppPool service account password using AppCmd.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*
logs-endpoint.events.*
logs-windows.*
endgame-*

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: 33

References:

https://blog.netspi.com/decrypting-iis-passwords-to-break-out-of-the-dmz-part-1/

Tags:

Elastic
Host
Windows
Threat Detection
Credential Access
Elastic Endgame

Version: 103

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

edit

Rule query

edit

process where event.type == "start" and
   (process.name : "appcmd.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "appcmd.exe") and
   process.args : "/list" and process.args : "/text*password"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/

« Full User-Mode Dumps Enabled System-Wide Microsoft IIS Connection Strings Decryption »