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Potential Evasion via Filter Manager
editPotential Evasion via Filter Manager
editThe Filter Manager Control Program (fltMC.exe) binary may be abused by adversaries to unload a filter driver and evade defenses.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
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
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Defense Evasion
Version: 11 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.4.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.name : "fltMC.exe" and process.args : "unload"
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Impair Defenses
- ID: T1562
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/
Rule version history
edit- Version 11 (8.4.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name : "fltMC.exe" and process.args : "unload"
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- Version 9 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 8 (7.16.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 7 (7.13.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:fltMC.exe
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- Version 6 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.10.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.code:1 and process.name:fltMC.exe
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- Version 3 (7.9.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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- Formatting only