Persistence via Update Orchestrator Service Hijack
editPersistence via Update Orchestrator Service Hijack
editIdentifies potential hijacking of the Microsoft Update Orchestrator Service to establish persistence with an integrity level of SYSTEM.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- 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
- Persistence
- CVE-2020-1313
Version: 100
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editprocess where event.type == "start" and
process.parent.executable : "C:\\Windows\\System32\\svchost.exe" and
process.parent.args : "UsoSvc" and
not process.executable :
("?:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\UUS\\Packages\\*\\amd64\\MoUsoCoreWorker.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\UsoClient.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\MusNotification.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\MusNotificationUx.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\MusNotifyIcon.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerMgr.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\UUS\\amd64\\MoUsoCoreWorker.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\MoUsoCoreWorker.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\UUS\\amd64\\UsoCoreWorker.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\UsoCoreWorker.exe",
"?:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\ClickToRun\\OfficeC2RClient.exe") and
not process.name : ("MoUsoCoreWorker.exe", "OfficeC2RClient.exe")
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Create or Modify System Process
- ID: T1543
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Windows Service
- ID: T1543.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/003/