Peripheral Device Discoveryedit

Identifies use of the Windows file system utility (fsutil.exe ) to gather information about attached peripheral devices and components connected to a computer system.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Windows
  • Threat Detection
  • Discovery

Version: 2 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.2

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License

Rule queryedit

process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
(process.name : "fsutil.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name ==
"fsutil.exe") and process.args : "fsinfo" and process.args :
"drives"

Threat mappingedit

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

Rule version historyedit

Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
  • Formatting only