SolarWinds Process Disabling Services via Registryedit
Identifies a SolarWinds binary modifying the start type of a service to be disabled. An adversary may abuse this technique to manipulate relevant security services.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
- endgame-*
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
- Defense Evasion
- Elastic Endgame
Version: 101 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guideedit
Rule queryedit
registry where registry.path : (
"HKLM\\SYSTEM\\*ControlSet*\\Services\\*\\Start",
"\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\*ControlSet*\\Services\\*\\Start" )
and registry.data.strings : ("4", "0x00000004") and process.name :
( "SolarWinds.BusinessLayerHost*.exe",
"ConfigurationWizard*.exe", "NetflowDatabaseMaintenance*.exe",
"NetFlowService*.exe", "SolarWinds.Administration*.exe",
"SolarWinds.Collector.Service*.exe",
"SolarwindsDiagnostics*.exe")
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Impair Defenses
- ID: T1562
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/
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Tactic:
- Name: Initial Access
- ID: TA0001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/
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Technique:
- Name: Supply Chain Compromise
- ID: T1195
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1195/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 101 (8.6.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
registry where registry.path : "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\*ControlSet*\\Services\\*\\Start" and registry.data.strings : ("4", "0x00000004") and process.name : ( "SolarWinds.BusinessLayerHost*.exe", "ConfigurationWizard*.exe", "NetflowDatabaseMaintenance*.exe", "NetFlowService*.exe", "SolarWinds.Administration*.exe", "SolarWinds.Collector.Service*.exe" , "SolarwindsDiagnostics*.exe")
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- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 7 (8.4.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
registry where registry.path : "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\*ControlSet*\\Services\\*\\Start" and registry.data.strings : ("4", "0x00000004") and process.name : ( "SolarWinds.BusinessLayerHost*.exe", "ConfigurationWizard*.exe", "NetflowDatabaseMaintenance*.exe", "NetFlowService*.exe", "SolarWinds.Administration*.exe", "SolarWinds.Collector.Service*.exe" , "SolarwindsDiagnostics*.exe")
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- Version 5 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (8.1.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
registry where registry.path : "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\*ControlSet*\\Services\\*\\Start" and registry.data.strings == "4" and process.name : ( "SolarWinds.BusinessLayerHost*.exe", "ConfigurationWizard*.exe", "NetflowDatabaseMaintenance*.exe", "NetFlowService*.exe", "SolarWinds.Administration*.exe", "SolarWinds.Collector.Service*.exe" , "SolarwindsDiagnostics*.exe")
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- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only