Persistence via BITS Job Notify Cmdlineedit
An adversary can use the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) SetNotifyCmdLine method to execute a program that runs after a job finishes transferring data or after a job enters a specified state in order to persist on a system.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.process-*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*
- endgame-*
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:
- https://pentestlab.blog/2019/10/30/persistence-bits-jobs/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/bits1_5/nf-bits1_5-ibackgroundcopyjob2-setnotifycmdline
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/bitsadmin-setnotifycmdline
- https://www.elastic.co/blog/hunting-for-persistence-using-elastic-security-part-2
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Persistence
- Data Source: Elastic Endgame
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
- Data Source: Sysmon
Version: 107
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Setupedit
Setup
If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2,
events will not define event.ingested and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until version 8.2.
Hence for this rule to work effectively, users will need to add a custom ingest pipeline to populate
event.ingested to @timestamp.
For more details on adding a custom ingest pipeline refer - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/data-streams-pipeline-tutorial.html
Rule queryedit
process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
process.parent.name : "svchost.exe" and process.parent.args : "BITS" and
not process.executable :
("?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFaultSecure.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe",
"?:\\Windows\\System32\\wermgr.exe",
"?:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\directxdatabaseupdater.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: BITS Jobs
- ID: T1197
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1197/