Execution of a File Dropped from SMB

Description

Identifies the execution of a file that was created by the virtual system process and subsequently executed. This may indicate lateral movement via network file shares.

Query · eql

sequence with maxspan=5m
  [file where event.action != "deletion" and
   /* library dropped via SMB */
   process.pid == 4 and user.id : ("S-1-5-21*", "S-1-12-*") and
   (file.extension : "exe" or file.Ext.header_bytes : "4d5a*")] by file.path
  [process where event.action == "start" and
    (
     process.parent.name : ("wmiprvse.exe", "wsmprovhost.exe", "RemComSvc*.exe", "psexesvc*.exe", "KaseyaEndpoint.exe", "powershell.exe") or 
     descendant of [process where event.action == "start" and process.name : ("wmiprvse.exe", "wsmprovhost.exe", "RemComSvc*.exe", "psexesvc*.exe")] or 
     (process.parent.name : "cmd.exe" and process.Ext.session_info.logon_type : "Network")
     ) and

         /* Signed False Positives */

	 not (process.code_signature.subject_name :
	                  ("RAPIDFIRE TOOLS INC.",
					   "Arcserve (USA) LLC",
					   "PDQ.COM CORPORATION",
					   "Veeam Software Group GmbH",
					   "Veeam Software AG",
					   "LANDesk Software, Inc.",
					   "Cynet Security LTD",
					   "CyberArk Software Ltd.",
					   "Barracuda Networks, Inc.",
					   "AVG Technologies Canada, Inc.",
					   "ConnectWise, Inc.",
					   "Ivanti, Inc.",
					   "FUJITSU LIMITED",
					   "Shavlik Technologies",
					   "Kaspersky Lab JSC",
					   "Netalytics Security Inc",
					   "Elasticsearch, Inc.",
					   "Netwrix Corporation",
					   "Power Admin LLC",
					   "Notepad++",
					   "The Apache Software Foundation",
					   "HashInclude Computech Pvt. Ltd.",
					   "DIGITAL DEFENSE, INC",
					   "Snow Software AB",
					   "GOVERLAN, LLC",
					   "Veritas Technologies LLC",
					   "Bitdefender SRL",
					   "Kaseya Corporation",
					   "Insecure.Com LLC",
					   "ZOHO Corporation Private Limited",
					   "VMware, Inc.",
					   "Medical Information Technology, Inc.",
					   "baramundi software AG",
					   "ServiceNow, Inc.",
					   "Panda Security, S.L.",
					   "CoSoSys SRL",
					   "N-ABLE TECHNOLOGIES LTD",
					   "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.",
					   "TeamViewer Germany GmbH",
					   "SysAid Technologies LTD",
					   "Sophos Ltd",
					   "Ericsson",
					   "Quest Software Inc.",
					   "Commvault Systems, Inc.",
					   "Red Gate Software Ltd",
					   "itelio GmbH",
					   "Cocobolo Software, LLC",
					   "Tenable Network Security Inc.",
					   "CS.NIWC-ATLANTIC.001",
					   "Lansweeper",
					   "Lenovo",
					   "Acronis International GmbH",
					   "Cisco WebEx LLC",
					   "Helge Klein GmbH",
					   "FireEye, Inc.",
					   "Oracle America, Inc.",
					   "Chocolatey Software, Inc.",
					   "Micro Focus Group Limited",
					   "Solarwinds Worldwide, LLC",
					   "Cyberark Software Ltd.",
					   "AO Kaspersky Lab",
					   "Symantec Corporation",
					   "Hornetsecurity GmbH",
	                   "KASEYA US LLC",
	                   "ForeScout Technologies, Inc",
					   "KASEYA HOLDINGS INC.",
					   "Kaseya Holdings Inc",
					   "ConnectSecure LLC",
					   "Red Gate Software Limited",
					   "Dell Inc.",
					   "WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.",
					   "EFOLDER, INC.",
					   "Laserfiche") and process.code_signature.trusted == true) and

	not (process.code_signature.subject_name in ("Medical Information Technology, Inc.", "CyberArk Software Ltd.", "VMware, Inc.", "Veritas Technologies LLC") and
	       process.code_signature.status in ("errorTimeStamp", "errorChaining")) and

    not (process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft *" and
	       process.code_signature.trusted == true and
	       process.pe.original_file_name : ("MOMAgentInstaller.exe", "dotnet-hosting-*-win.exe", "dpmac.exe", "PushClient.exe",
	                                         "migrate.exe", "Ms.Dsp.Do.Inc.Installer.exe", "OpenHandleCollector.exe", "VC_redist*.exe")) and

    /* fart-it.sourceforge.net, IseExecSvc, OCS Inventory Agent,Tenable MW Scanner and HPCmdSvc */
    not process.hash.sha256 in
	         ("c9ef35bed70ffa0981bafd0071185b56fdad8f9c97f3582a4dae9b420959fb97",
	          "18dc098895ccc8246d417445a36d933c5f8487419b848ebe651fd0e11cb22afa",
	          "ea98309a35f92443b9c50736ce208656ec72af114ec8aceeb02dfa041ec2d6bc",
	          "bcf07679ea026f1dfba6f9ab63251e4834dc007bd2c5b9039deb9d900fe1c5e6",
	          "1c6af94b26f369e2c10819eefb869f873e5540e2c1b7bf4c7c632fc03d67368a",
	          "6dfc3a0733f427779b250913811baa429002042cb8e7732ea7d334bf725b8bd0",
	          "ae0fb4bf4a6faa4b808794b6e6ccbdf9f10c1ce01a86ccece002ac63cf09ff29",
	          "cd5ff596b7bacb117f90893f94fd8c542b659cc58f90ed1fbd0471fe85148bff",
	          "5e7785fede192d69e408c8c41ba14aead2f4b297c9faecc991e061b093b91f70",
	          "08d019e46a8755c33ad9ff9b96b5409a9005d87ba4e3cc58bdd8cf10eb0cd987",
	          "81e6e6feaac8b3267608af98667d3ccf78a15e540e6a5d18858d9147aacd1e16",
	          "a07b0b72bb00d9e9debd38c2b4bd770beb7d6cf6148d2f7fba50d7a7078deb04",
	          "bc10fdc46d17765c619db70ef19cd3755a3270692481d8417bfff3fceb4eba10",
	          "bb53243baeb4e4cc204e5b9981cc0c671e0855f56293df5106b9b3beac30cc15",
	          "c5593f5d965994a50985b529e77b97c348c7af084dbbaba270d83b1b06302d2c",
	          "7f8e465edd27cdcd1d28292c35440d745b8bd528e21d6f56eb683b65d922eaed",
	          "ef7dbfe3a3910ddb93989f0d5d8f1fb4d39e0df7e53f55d042f4ccd80699c81f",
	          "bb53243baeb4e4cc204e5b9981cc0c671e0855f56293df5106b9b3beac30cc15",
	          "bc10fdc46d17765c619db70ef19cd3755a3270692481d8417bfff3fceb4eba10",
	          "ef7dbfe3a3910ddb93989f0d5d8f1fb4d39e0df7e53f55d042f4ccd80699c81f",
	          "39b3ae96186b7e62b9176e6d2ae27db3e164a7c8c52c094c811dd19d651577f2",
	          "5e7785fede192d69e408c8c41ba14aead2f4b297c9faecc991e061b093b91f70",
	          "b9fc7dea50ce1e0637a3628abc89f96d8cfaad1b7c6ad33dd8bb17028ed3eaee",
	          "5e81eaedc6bba9c9b475f990cdc31ee3c48962fffb63d65afc1447ea6b95f910",
	          "ec7d2582c06d28191b2efaf6780cdfa5c1319f3081bd001d4572cbeea0068b48",
	          "68591e82d0091f12e15f3c21cbf643793bc2b5a14ef46408bb06f794669f7f0b",
	          "156f567b058b5e067a64f3d5736a78bbf9669c822fc5f95620a759c288e2224b",
	          "e659b5a7045bd1820a0efd3e324ebd4a72ecebd0981deb6cbe1899c95351dc91",
	          "84633fd9a39188ca937188decdeb746a0be3476d68f7ccde4d742fa8ca5dc1f6",
	          "4208e349ff97a2dc6100ee9e5e61e23ab650b316e62dd4a25d1119a08a59f298",
	          "52b196bbe9016488c735e7b41805b651261ffa5d7aa86eb6a1d0095be83687b2",
	          "85640066a45c1fd934f3faf2a8db926ed77b622be7cfcce15a25707abf604d55",
	          "cb7f34839ce80b7aaef9f8d61bc61b1f471fdfc514c13a675350077bbf27b24c",
	          "c6d195690a617791e7e9f483597cea1f68fbe59e3f9b1989a1d324f00e9d1c80",
	          "c6d195690a617791e7e9f483597cea1f68fbe59e3f9b1989a1d324f00e9d1c80",
	          "9e3cd4d957f1130e8308357b921d2475afd1519704f0a176a062d06d96199da2",
	          "5485ca7e2be4afc76aadd97536192cf2850228fe338083d6bab4c981bd6ddf92",
	          "0a765aa0610aba8d792b0153779a52a922ae5a5741af52373abb17e9e10c24ed",
	          "5968e3951cb6bf4368b866597f06317e576e6efc14d360dfffc336f1213e3a08",
	          "10d422f089daeeff80644ff1e45ecfcf83a7501dd5edc22477f3717f36b321f6") and

   not (process.code_signature.subject_name == "CyberArk Software Ltd." and
	    process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\CAInvokerService.exe" and process.pe.original_file_name == "PSMWinAgentInvoker.exe") and

   not (process.pe.original_file_name in ("ccmsetup.exe", "OneDriveSetup.exe") and process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft*" and
        process.code_signature.trusted == true) and

   not (process.parent.name : "powershell.exe" and process.executable : ("?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*", "?:\\Program Files\\*")) and

   not (process.executable : "?:\\Program Files\\BearingPoint\\*\\KRS.CorrespondenceJobService.exe" and process.parent.name : "wsmprovhost.exe")
  ] by process.executable
Raw source Execution of a File Dropped from SMB · Elastic TOML
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Published by elastic/protections-artifacts ↗, licensed under Elastic License 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified. 
[rule]
description = """
Identifies the execution of a file that was created by the virtual system process and subsequently executed. This may
indicate lateral movement via network file shares.
"""
id = "be55434a-ae96-437e-aaaf-9fb60cd7dff4"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Execution of a File Dropped from SMB"
os_list = ["windows"]
version = "1.0.35"

query = '''
sequence with maxspan=5m
  [file where event.action != "deletion" and
   /* library dropped via SMB */
   process.pid == 4 and user.id : ("S-1-5-21*", "S-1-12-*") and
   (file.extension : "exe" or file.Ext.header_bytes : "4d5a*")] by file.path
  [process where event.action == "start" and
    (
     process.parent.name : ("wmiprvse.exe", "wsmprovhost.exe", "RemComSvc*.exe", "psexesvc*.exe", "KaseyaEndpoint.exe", "powershell.exe") or 
     descendant of [process where event.action == "start" and process.name : ("wmiprvse.exe", "wsmprovhost.exe", "RemComSvc*.exe", "psexesvc*.exe")] or 
     (process.parent.name : "cmd.exe" and process.Ext.session_info.logon_type : "Network")
     ) and

         /* Signed False Positives */

	 not (process.code_signature.subject_name :
	                  ("RAPIDFIRE TOOLS INC.",
					   "Arcserve (USA) LLC",
					   "PDQ.COM CORPORATION",
					   "Veeam Software Group GmbH",
					   "Veeam Software AG",
					   "LANDesk Software, Inc.",
					   "Cynet Security LTD",
					   "CyberArk Software Ltd.",
					   "Barracuda Networks, Inc.",
					   "AVG Technologies Canada, Inc.",
					   "ConnectWise, Inc.",
					   "Ivanti, Inc.",
					   "FUJITSU LIMITED",
					   "Shavlik Technologies",
					   "Kaspersky Lab JSC",
					   "Netalytics Security Inc",
					   "Elasticsearch, Inc.",
					   "Netwrix Corporation",
					   "Power Admin LLC",
					   "Notepad++",
					   "The Apache Software Foundation",
					   "HashInclude Computech Pvt. Ltd.",
					   "DIGITAL DEFENSE, INC",
					   "Snow Software AB",
					   "GOVERLAN, LLC",
					   "Veritas Technologies LLC",
					   "Bitdefender SRL",
					   "Kaseya Corporation",
					   "Insecure.Com LLC",
					   "ZOHO Corporation Private Limited",
					   "VMware, Inc.",
					   "Medical Information Technology, Inc.",
					   "baramundi software AG",
					   "ServiceNow, Inc.",
					   "Panda Security, S.L.",
					   "CoSoSys SRL",
					   "N-ABLE TECHNOLOGIES LTD",
					   "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.",
					   "TeamViewer Germany GmbH",
					   "SysAid Technologies LTD",
					   "Sophos Ltd",
					   "Ericsson",
					   "Quest Software Inc.",
					   "Commvault Systems, Inc.",
					   "Red Gate Software Ltd",
					   "itelio GmbH",
					   "Cocobolo Software, LLC",
					   "Tenable Network Security Inc.",
					   "CS.NIWC-ATLANTIC.001",
					   "Lansweeper",
					   "Lenovo",
					   "Acronis International GmbH",
					   "Cisco WebEx LLC",
					   "Helge Klein GmbH",
					   "FireEye, Inc.",
					   "Oracle America, Inc.",
					   "Chocolatey Software, Inc.",
					   "Micro Focus Group Limited",
					   "Solarwinds Worldwide, LLC",
					   "Cyberark Software Ltd.",
					   "AO Kaspersky Lab",
					   "Symantec Corporation",
					   "Hornetsecurity GmbH",
	                   "KASEYA US LLC",
	                   "ForeScout Technologies, Inc",
					   "KASEYA HOLDINGS INC.",
					   "Kaseya Holdings Inc",
					   "ConnectSecure LLC",
					   "Red Gate Software Limited",
					   "Dell Inc.",
					   "WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.",
					   "EFOLDER, INC.",
					   "Laserfiche") and process.code_signature.trusted == true) and

	not (process.code_signature.subject_name in ("Medical Information Technology, Inc.", "CyberArk Software Ltd.", "VMware, Inc.", "Veritas Technologies LLC") and
	       process.code_signature.status in ("errorTimeStamp", "errorChaining")) and

    not (process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft *" and
	       process.code_signature.trusted == true and
	       process.pe.original_file_name : ("MOMAgentInstaller.exe", "dotnet-hosting-*-win.exe", "dpmac.exe", "PushClient.exe",
	                                         "migrate.exe", "Ms.Dsp.Do.Inc.Installer.exe", "OpenHandleCollector.exe", "VC_redist*.exe")) and

    /* fart-it.sourceforge.net, IseExecSvc, OCS Inventory Agent,Tenable MW Scanner and HPCmdSvc */
    not process.hash.sha256 in
	         ("c9ef35bed70ffa0981bafd0071185b56fdad8f9c97f3582a4dae9b420959fb97",
	          "18dc098895ccc8246d417445a36d933c5f8487419b848ebe651fd0e11cb22afa",
	          "ea98309a35f92443b9c50736ce208656ec72af114ec8aceeb02dfa041ec2d6bc",
	          "bcf07679ea026f1dfba6f9ab63251e4834dc007bd2c5b9039deb9d900fe1c5e6",
	          "1c6af94b26f369e2c10819eefb869f873e5540e2c1b7bf4c7c632fc03d67368a",
	          "6dfc3a0733f427779b250913811baa429002042cb8e7732ea7d334bf725b8bd0",
	          "ae0fb4bf4a6faa4b808794b6e6ccbdf9f10c1ce01a86ccece002ac63cf09ff29",
	          "cd5ff596b7bacb117f90893f94fd8c542b659cc58f90ed1fbd0471fe85148bff",
	          "5e7785fede192d69e408c8c41ba14aead2f4b297c9faecc991e061b093b91f70",
	          "08d019e46a8755c33ad9ff9b96b5409a9005d87ba4e3cc58bdd8cf10eb0cd987",
	          "81e6e6feaac8b3267608af98667d3ccf78a15e540e6a5d18858d9147aacd1e16",
	          "a07b0b72bb00d9e9debd38c2b4bd770beb7d6cf6148d2f7fba50d7a7078deb04",
	          "bc10fdc46d17765c619db70ef19cd3755a3270692481d8417bfff3fceb4eba10",
	          "bb53243baeb4e4cc204e5b9981cc0c671e0855f56293df5106b9b3beac30cc15",
	          "c5593f5d965994a50985b529e77b97c348c7af084dbbaba270d83b1b06302d2c",
	          "7f8e465edd27cdcd1d28292c35440d745b8bd528e21d6f56eb683b65d922eaed",
	          "ef7dbfe3a3910ddb93989f0d5d8f1fb4d39e0df7e53f55d042f4ccd80699c81f",
	          "bb53243baeb4e4cc204e5b9981cc0c671e0855f56293df5106b9b3beac30cc15",
	          "bc10fdc46d17765c619db70ef19cd3755a3270692481d8417bfff3fceb4eba10",
	          "ef7dbfe3a3910ddb93989f0d5d8f1fb4d39e0df7e53f55d042f4ccd80699c81f",
	          "39b3ae96186b7e62b9176e6d2ae27db3e164a7c8c52c094c811dd19d651577f2",
	          "5e7785fede192d69e408c8c41ba14aead2f4b297c9faecc991e061b093b91f70",
	          "b9fc7dea50ce1e0637a3628abc89f96d8cfaad1b7c6ad33dd8bb17028ed3eaee",
	          "5e81eaedc6bba9c9b475f990cdc31ee3c48962fffb63d65afc1447ea6b95f910",
	          "ec7d2582c06d28191b2efaf6780cdfa5c1319f3081bd001d4572cbeea0068b48",
	          "68591e82d0091f12e15f3c21cbf643793bc2b5a14ef46408bb06f794669f7f0b",
	          "156f567b058b5e067a64f3d5736a78bbf9669c822fc5f95620a759c288e2224b",
	          "e659b5a7045bd1820a0efd3e324ebd4a72ecebd0981deb6cbe1899c95351dc91",
	          "84633fd9a39188ca937188decdeb746a0be3476d68f7ccde4d742fa8ca5dc1f6",
	          "4208e349ff97a2dc6100ee9e5e61e23ab650b316e62dd4a25d1119a08a59f298",
	          "52b196bbe9016488c735e7b41805b651261ffa5d7aa86eb6a1d0095be83687b2",
	          "85640066a45c1fd934f3faf2a8db926ed77b622be7cfcce15a25707abf604d55",
	          "cb7f34839ce80b7aaef9f8d61bc61b1f471fdfc514c13a675350077bbf27b24c",
	          "c6d195690a617791e7e9f483597cea1f68fbe59e3f9b1989a1d324f00e9d1c80",
	          "c6d195690a617791e7e9f483597cea1f68fbe59e3f9b1989a1d324f00e9d1c80",
	          "9e3cd4d957f1130e8308357b921d2475afd1519704f0a176a062d06d96199da2",
	          "5485ca7e2be4afc76aadd97536192cf2850228fe338083d6bab4c981bd6ddf92",
	          "0a765aa0610aba8d792b0153779a52a922ae5a5741af52373abb17e9e10c24ed",
	          "5968e3951cb6bf4368b866597f06317e576e6efc14d360dfffc336f1213e3a08",
	          "10d422f089daeeff80644ff1e45ecfcf83a7501dd5edc22477f3717f36b321f6") and

   not (process.code_signature.subject_name == "CyberArk Software Ltd." and
	    process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\CAInvokerService.exe" and process.pe.original_file_name == "PSMWinAgentInvoker.exe") and

   not (process.pe.original_file_name in ("ccmsetup.exe", "OneDriveSetup.exe") and process.code_signature.subject_name : "Microsoft*" and
        process.code_signature.trusted == true) and

   not (process.parent.name : "powershell.exe" and process.executable : ("?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*", "?:\\Program Files\\*")) and

   not (process.executable : "?:\\Program Files\\BearingPoint\\*\\KRS.CorrespondenceJobService.exe" and process.parent.name : "wsmprovhost.exe")
  ] by process.executable
'''

min_endpoint_version = "8.10.0"
optional_actions = []
reputation = true
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 1

[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1021"
name = "Remote Services"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1021.002"
name = "SMB/Windows Admin Shares"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/002/"



[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0008"
name = "Lateral Movement"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/"

[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.10.0"

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