[rule]
description = """
Identifies the use of the QEMU hardware emulator to potentially tunnel network traffic between Virtual machines. This
can be used by attackers to enable routing of network packets that would otherwise not reach their intended destination.
"""
id = "fdb6abec-804c-4611-b330-f7b1aff7c60f"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Potential Traffic Tunneling with QEMU"
os_list = ["windows"]
reference = [
"https://securelist.com/network-tunneling-with-qemu/111803/",
"https://blog.xpnsec.com/bring-your-own-vm-mac-edition/",
]
version = "1.0.2"
query = '''
process where event.action == "start" and process.args : "-netdev" and
process.args : "-nographic" and process.command_line : "*connect=*" and process.command_line : "*restrict=off*"
'''
min_endpoint_version = "7.16.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1572"
name = "Protocol Tunneling"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1572/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0011"
name = "Command and Control"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/"
[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "7.16.0"