Mounting Hidden or WebDav Remote Shares

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Identifies the use of net.exe to mount a WebDav or hidden remote share. This may indicate lateral movement or preparation for data exfiltration.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • winlogbeat-*
  • 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: None

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Windows
  • Threat Detection
  • Initial Access
  • Lateral Movement

Version: 103

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query

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process where event.type == "start" and
 ((process.name : "net.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "net.exe") or ((process.name : "net1.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "net1.exe") and
 not process.parent.name : "net.exe")) and
 process.args : "use" and
 /* including hidden and webdav based online shares such as onedrive  */
 process.args : ("\\\\*\\*$*", "\\\\*@SSL\\*", "http*") and
 /* excluding shares deletion operation */
 not process.args : "/d*"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM