MOVEit Certificate Store Access Failure


Description

This detection identifies potential exploitation attempts of the CVE-2024-5806 vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer. It looks for log entries indicating failures to access the certificate store, which can occur when an attacker attempts to exploit the authentication bypass vulnerability. This behavior is a key indicator of attempts to impersonate valid users without proper credentials. While certificate store access failures can occur during normal operations, an unusual increase in such events, especially from unexpected sources, may indicate malicious activity.

Query · spl

`moveit_sftp_logs` "IpWorksKeyService: Caught exception of type IPWorksSSHException: The certificate store could not be opened"
  | stats count
    BY source _raw
  | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
  | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
  | `moveit_certificate_store_access_failure_filter`

Implementation guide

The MOVEit logs must be collected in Splunk. Currently, there is no TA available for MOVEit. Modify the analytic as needed to match the log format of your environment.

Known false positives

  • False positives may occur, therefore utilize the analytic as a jump off point to identifiy potential certificate store errors.

Analyst notes

Known false positives: False positives may occur, therefore utilize the analytic as a jump off point to identifiy potential certificate store errors.

Raw source MOVEit Certificate Store Access Failure · SPL
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Published by splunk/security_content ↗, licensed under Apache 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
name: MOVEit Certificate Store Access Failure
id: d61292d5-46e4-49ea-b23b-8049ea70b525
version: 6
creation_date: '2024-07-24'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Michael Haag, Splunk
status: production
type: Hunting
description: This detection identifies potential exploitation attempts of the CVE-2024-5806 vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer. It looks for log entries indicating failures to access the certificate store, which can occur when an attacker attempts to exploit the authentication bypass vulnerability. This behavior is a key indicator of attempts to impersonate valid users without proper credentials. While certificate store access failures can occur during normal operations, an unusual increase in such events, especially from unexpected sources, may indicate malicious activity.
data_source: []
search: |-
    `moveit_sftp_logs` "IpWorksKeyService: Caught exception of type IPWorksSSHException: The certificate store could not be opened"
      | stats count
        BY source _raw
      | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
      | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
      | `moveit_certificate_store_access_failure_filter`
how_to_implement: The MOVEit logs must be collected in Splunk. Currently, there is no TA available for MOVEit. Modify the analytic as needed to match the log format of your environment.
known_false_positives: False positives may occur, therefore utilize the analytic as a jump off point to identifiy potential certificate store errors.
references:
    - https://labs.watchtowr.com/auth-bypass-in-un-limited-scenarios-progress-moveit-transfer-cve-2024-5806/
analytic_story:
    - MOVEit Transfer Authentication Bypass
asset_type: Web Server
cve:
    - CVE-2024-5806
mitre_attack_id:
    - T1190
product:
    - Splunk Enterprise
    - Splunk Enterprise Security
    - Splunk Cloud
category: endpoint
security_domain: endpoint
tests:
    - name: True Positive Test
      attack_data:
        - data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1190/moveit/SftpServer.log
          sourcetype: sftp_server_logs
          source: sftp_server_logs
      test_type: unit

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