ttp_windows_suspicious_filewrites_to_sharepoint_layouts

rule ttp_windows_suspicious_filewrites_to_sharepoint_layouts {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    rule_name = "Suspicious Filewrites To Sharepoint Layouts"
    description = "Detects a command-line interpreter (cmd.exe or powershell.exe) writing a file to a SharePoint (\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS) directory."
    severity = "High"
    tactic = "TA0003"
    technique = "T1505.003"
    rule_id = "mr_06c0d5b5-8185-4584-8db0-28c8fd4971ea"

  events:
    (
      $e.metadata.event_type = "FILE_CREATION" or
      $e.metadata.event_type = "FILE_MODIFICATION" or
      $e.metadata.event_type = "FILE_MOVE"
    )
    $e.target.file.full_path = /\\\d{1,2}\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\[^\\]+$/ nocase
    $e.principal.process.file.full_path = /(^|\\)(pwsh|cmd|powershell)\.exe$/ nocase
    not $e.principal.process.command_line = /C:\\SP\\Automation\\\\AutoSPInstallerMain.ps1\s+C:\\SP\\Automation\\\\AutoSPInstallerInput.xml/ nocase

  outcome:
    $principal_hostname = $e.principal.hostname
    $risk_score = 85
    $vendor_name = array($e.metadata.vendor_name)
    $product_name = $e.metadata.product_name
    $victim_uid = $e.principal.asset.asset_id
    $victim_name = $e.principal.asset.hostname
    $victim_netid = array($e.principal.ip)
    $adversary_uid = $e.principal.user.userid
    $adversary_name = $e.principal.user.user_display_name
    $adversary_netid = $e.principal.user.windows_sid
    $tmp1 = max(
      if($e.security_result.action != "BLOCK" and $e.security_result.action != "UNKNOWN_ACTION", 2)
    )
    $tmp2 = max(
      if($e.security_result.action = "BLOCK", 1)
    )
    $result = arrays.index_to_str(strings.split("attempted,failed,succeeded,succeeded"), $tmp1 + $tmp2)
    $result_time = $e.metadata.event_timestamp.seconds
    $event_count = 1

  condition:
    $e
}