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[New Rule] Potential WSUS Abuse for Lateral Movement (#3908)
* [New Rule] Potential WSUS Abuse for Lateral Movement * Update lateral_movement_via_wsus_update.toml * Update lateral_movement_via_wsus_update.toml (cherry picked from commit 5536a78)
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[metadata]
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creation_date = "2024/07/19"
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integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "system","sentinel_one_cloud_funnel", "m365_defender"]
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maturity = "production"
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updated_date = "2024/07/19"
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[rule]
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author = ["Elastic"]
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description = """
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Identifies a potential Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) abuse to execute psexec to enable for lateral movement.
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WSUS is limited to executing Microsoft signed binaries, which limits the executables that can be used to tools published
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by Microsoft.
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"""
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from = "now-9m"
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index = ["logs-endpoint.events.process-*", "logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*", "endgame-*", "logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*", "logs-m365_defender.event-*", "logs-system.security-*"]
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language = "eql"
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license = "Elastic License v2"
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name = "Potential WSUS Abuse for Lateral Movement"
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references = ["https://www.thehacker.recipes/a-d/movement/mitm-and-coerced-authentications/wsus-spoofing"]
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risk_score = 47
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rule_id = "8e2485b6-a74f-411b-bf7f-38b819f3a846"
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severity = "medium"
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tags = [
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"Domain: Endpoint",
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"OS: Windows",
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"Use Case: Threat Detection",
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"Tactic: Lateral Movement",
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"Data Source: Elastic Endgame",
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"Data Source: Elastic Defend",
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"Data Source: Sysmon",
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"Data Source: SentinelOne",
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"Data Source: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint"
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]
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timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
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type = "eql"
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query = '''
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process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and process.parent.name : "wuauclt.exe" and
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process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\SoftwareDistribution\\Download\\Install\\*" and
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(process.name : "psexec64.exe" or ?process.pe.original_file_name : "psexec.c")
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'''
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[[rule.threat]]
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framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
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[[rule.threat.technique]]
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id = "T1210"
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name = "Exploitation of Remote Services"
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reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1210/"
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[rule.threat.tactic]
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id = "TA0008"
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name = "Lateral Movement"
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reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/"
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