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Remote Execution via File Sharesedit
Identifies the execution of a file that was created by the virtual system process. This may indicate lateral movement via network file shares.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- 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
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Lateral Movement
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
sequence with maxspan=1m [file where event.type in ("creation",
"change") and process.pid == 4 and file.extension : "exe"] by host.id,
file.path [process where event.type in ("start", "process_started")]
by host.id, process.executable
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 2 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only