{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Command Line Execution with suspicious URL and AppData Strings\n", "Detects a suspicious command line execution that includes an URL and AppData string in the command line parameters as used by several droppers (js/vbs > powershell)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Rule Content\n", "```\n", "- title: Command Line Execution with suspicious URL and AppData Strings\n", " id: 1ac8666b-046f-4201-8aba-1951aaec03a3\n", " status: experimental\n", " description: Detects a suspicious command line execution that includes an URL and\n", " AppData string in the command line parameters as used by several droppers (js/vbs\n", " > powershell)\n", " references:\n", " - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/3a1f01206684410dbe8f1900bbeaaa543adfcd07368ba646b499fa5274b9edf6?environmentId=100\n", " - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/f16c729aad5c74f19784a24257236a8bbe27f7cdc4a89806031ec7f1bebbd475?environmentId=100\n", " author: Florian Roth\n", " tags:\n", " - attack.execution\n", " - attack.t1059\n", " logsource:\n", " category: process_creation\n", " product: windows\n", " service: null\n", " detection:\n", " selection:\n", " CommandLine:\n", " - cmd.exe /c *http://*%AppData%\n", " - cmd.exe /c *https://*%AppData%\n", " condition: selection\n", " fields:\n", " - CommandLine\n", " - ParentCommandLine\n", " falsepositives:\n", " - High\n", " level: medium\n", "\n", "```" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Querying Elasticsearch" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Import Libraries" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch\n", "from elasticsearch_dsl import Search\n", "import pandas as pd" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Initialize Elasticsearch client" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "es = Elasticsearch(['http://helk-elasticsearch:9200'])\n", "searchContext = Search(using=es, index='logs-*', doc_type='doc')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Run Elasticsearch Query" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "s = searchContext.query('query_string', query='process_command_line.keyword:(cmd.exe\\ \\/c\\ *http\\:\\/\\/*%AppData% OR cmd.exe\\ \\/c\\ *https\\:\\/\\/*%AppData%)')\n", "response = s.execute()\n", "if response.success():\n", " df = pd.DataFrame((d.to_dict() for d in s.scan()))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Show Results" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "df.head()" ] } ], "metadata": {}, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 4 }