Suspicious Windows Core Module Change

[rule]
description = "Identifies attempts to change memory protection of a Windows Core Module often targeted for functions unhooking."
id = "e6b77636-53e6-416f-81bb-863b74a896e8"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Suspicious Windows Core Module Change"
os_list = ["windows"]
version = "1.0.8"

query = '''
api where process.Ext.api.name == "VirtualProtect" and
 process.Ext.api.metadata.target_address_name in ("ntdll.dll", "kernel32.dll", "kernelbase.dll") and
 process.Ext.token.integrity_level_name != "low" and process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.hash.sha256 != null and
 process.Ext.api.parameters.size >= 10000 and
 not process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.name in ("Kernel", "Unknown", "Undetermined") and
 not process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.protection_provenance like ("Kernel", "Unknown", "Kernel|*") and
 not process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.name in ("Kernel", "Unknown") and
 not _arraysearch(process.thread.Ext.call_stack, $entry, $entry.symbol_info: ("*ntdll.dll!LdrLoadDll*", "*ntdll.dll!LdrUnloadDll*")) and 
 not process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.path like ("c:\\program files\\*", "c:\\program files (x86)\\*",
                                                                "c:\\windows\\assembly\\nativeimages_*.ni.dll",
                                                                "c:\\windows\\system32\\ntdll.dll",
                                                                "c:\\windows\\syswow64\\ntdll.dll",
                                                                "c:\\windows\\syswow64\\msvbvm??.dll") and
 not process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_hook_module.path like ("c:\\program files\\*", "c:\\program files (x86)\\*") and
 not (process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.path in ("c:\\windows\\system32\\apphelp.dll", "c:\\windows\\syswow64\\apphelp.dll") and
      process.Ext.api.metadata.target_address_name in ("kernel32.dll", "kernelbase.dll")) and
 not (process.Ext.api.parameters.protection == "R--" and process.Ext.api.metadata.target_address_name == "kernel32.dll") and
 not process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.hash.sha256 in ("b27b7d2ac43c6c734aa9e370afc987704f4bd8ba11bc5199a8c3bc5b07b2600c",
                                                                    "85f238fb7ace3cbdf7c29c72b01307c440f13491b07a509cbc5b9f257a637164",
                                                                    "7f6f5855d4968235163d75c62ab82e8fdc7cf3c83de34e3c5a0666e2d08a0001",
                                                                    "36b45f919f856e3eb8115cb883c38b62c653e8d46af147551a7d6efc1708de23",
                                                                    "46c861b688fe129552920c62985e662b6789bb7a646ab65ae8fee4a8a82d7bc5",
                                                                    "148a2e5cffd3c30f9647d8bdf8a6d0a891f4dfdca459fef9629db6ccd985fe02",
                                                                    "bc3d667b3e2a6ff84031c839e5cb9e93ab558f339646d34f0419f51788929eda",
                                                                    "f12898b6f0536b90561b9309b03afd3c4f83ff51fc50d0bcaa39110a3fbce359",
                                                                    "eff09cb37f0e0ea6de0f5b1ee499ceb612b36a9229caf9a0f464a53c66735646",
                                                                    "f0eb8747d3499416873892700d6d7d1fe24ccc4d461cb68fa93d1f8030d747a0",
                                                                    "447e50302f0aa72add1866e4115d363497b82aa38bd47be8310d688194fb1b2d",
                                                                    "92cf0c5c9248ec17b408a37021ea89144a9aeb71317e3c61b767eced3265d5af",
                                                                    "685774f56983b22fbd1f84880fe60f149ccf0322abe8dd09b7a0d81f4a5dd1f1",
                                                                    "da8c6bcefb5397d1763987dff1d99ff374c9643b27c1f8285d66fb99494b253b",
                                                                    "bd5c092be2d1d5856041a743c90e64ba232badc3b1c3d063539cb328a91bd9ae",
                                                                    "48cefaab52832b85dda4dd16b56d8dd97d433601bb4a72aec9affc2723588a4c",
                                                                    "bd5c092be2d1d5856041a743c90e64ba232badc3b1c3d063539cb328a91bd9ae",
                                                                    "1bb34f11b79fad256ca2e72ea7bcc618815632d585538e1e601c7fc5512ba72d",
                                                                    "4c92f5bcefdec3e38aa8c30f14379c723e573587abe7e8c4fc77f1fae2a0d270",
                                                                    "fe498b13e464d26beacdcba32bc3b26d356b52f9b251546831e3d86923a35d6b",
                                                                    "8a882e25b9a7d49feee49c70ddc816720f82dccf0691076c098959fb3b2f4711",
                                                                    "d0fdfd7102505692385d4061e2a73504727802594434d31136ff4e75cd5072d5",
                                                                    "d3813940007faa5f2b15bd53ac9c1d28032252133257c2f3d8ef87563ae55301",
                                                                    "028f848c8a44b4831741e01e27624fee9c408f63d859021fff533e87ce19f129",
                                                                    "cee9a6ff8026dde09eda9f892c57cc928d42e4a4d22bb740fe38ee6e91797a28", 
                                                                    "93e9243a44c29200eeacaf9658efe2558581770e4b11ca4b500e18e424a6e3b5", 
                                                                    "e2856585e980f3d74b0f17499206335a4af1d5acf1fe6a7033c5dc7b1ac80dea", 
                                                                    "665cccc891ea95a0f43b38c7a0ba537d802c2083c974db4cf8046e0860f6747e") and
 not (_arraysearch(process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.code_signature, $entry, $entry.trusted == true and $entry.subject_name in ("Microsoft Windows", "Microsoft Corporation", ".NET")) and not process.Ext.api.behaviors == "image_rop") and
 not _arraysearch(process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.code_signature, $entry, $entry.trusted == true and
                  $entry.subject_name in ("Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher",
                                          "Microsoft Windows Software Compatibility Publisher",
                                          "ESET, spol. s r.o.",
                                          "Activision Publishing Inc",
                                          "Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC",
                                          "Electronic Arts, Inc.",
                                          "KRAFTON, Inc.",
                                          "WIBU-SYSTEMS AG",
                                          "The TWAIN Working Group",
                                          "Twain Working Group",
                                          "LEAD Technologies, Inc",
                                          "Roblox Corporation",
                                          "Vectric Ltd.",
                                          "Cylance, Inc.",
                                          "Hyland Software Inc.",
                                          "COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD.",
                                          "Code Systems Corporation",
                                          "Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited",
                                          "Windows Phone",
                                          "Adobe Inc.",
                                          "Viber Media S.a r.l.",
                                          "SentinelOne Inc.",
                                          "Spotify AB",
                                          "TEAMDEV LTD.",
                                          "miHoYo Co.,Ltd.",
                                          "Google LLC",
                                          "AO Kaspersky Lab",
                                          "Mozilla Corporation",
                                          "SignPath Foundation",
                                          "Palo Alto Networks",
                                          "Duncan Ogilvie",
                                          "combit Software GmbH",
                                          "Cisco Systems, Inc.",
                                          "MetaQuotes Ltd",
                                          "Solarwinds Worldwide, LLC",
                                          "Symantec Corporation", 
                                          "AgentLite.sign", 
                                          "Eclipse.org Foundation, Inc.", 
                                          "Zoom Communications, Inc.")) and
 not process.thread.Ext.call_stack_final_user_module.protection_provenance_path like "c:\\windows\\assembly\\nativeimages_*.dll"
'''

min_endpoint_version = "8.16.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0

[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1620"
name = "Reflective Code Loading"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1620/"


[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"

[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.16.0"