SUSP_ScreenConnect_User_PoC_Com_Unused_Feb24


Description

Detects suspicious ScreenConnect user with poc.com email address, which is a sign of exploitation of the ConnectWise ScreenConnect (versions prior to 23.9.8) vulnerability with the POC released by WatchTower and the account wasn't actually used yet to login

Query · yara

strings:
      $a1 = "<Users xmlns:xsi="
      $a2 = "<CreationDate>"

      $s1 = "@poc.com</Email>"
      $s2 = "<LastLoginDate>0001"
   condition:
      filesize < 200KB
      and all of ($a*)
      and all of ($s*)
Raw source SUSP_ScreenConnect_User_PoC_Com_Unused_Feb24 · YARA
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rule SUSP_ScreenConnect_User_PoC_Com_Unused_Feb24 {
   meta:
      description = "Detects suspicious ScreenConnect user with poc.com email address, which is a sign of exploitation of the ConnectWise ScreenConnect (versions prior to 23.9.8) vulnerability with the POC released by WatchTower and the account wasn't actually used yet to login"
      author = "Florian Roth"
      reference = "https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/connectwise-screenconnect_auth-bypass-add-user-poc/blob/45e5b2f699a4d8f2d59ec3fc79a2e3c99db71882/watchtowr-vs-ConnectWise_2024-02-21.py#L53"
      date = "2024-02-23"
      score = 65
      id = "c57e6c6a-298f-5ff3-b76a-03127ff88699"
   strings:
      $a1 = "<Users xmlns:xsi="
      $a2 = "<CreationDate>"

      $s1 = "@poc.com</Email>"
      $s2 = "<LastLoginDate>0001"
   condition:
      filesize < 200KB
      and all of ($a*)
      and all of ($s*)
}

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