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Potential WinRAR CVE-2023-38831 Exploitation
Identifies suspicious child processes of the WinRAR process. This may indicate the successful exploitation of the WinRAR vulnerability CVE-2023-38831.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Initial Access | |
| Execution |
Rule body
[rule]
description = """
Identifies suspicious child processes of the WinRAR process. This may indicate the successful exploitation of the WinRAR
vulnerability CVE-2023-38831.
"""
id = "1a3b0389-eeb3-46f6-a304-e1983a4dae09"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Potential WinRAR CVE-2023-38831 Exploitation"
os_list = ["windows"]
reference = [
"https://www.group-ib.com/blog/cve-2023-38831-winrar-zero-day/",
"https://github.com/b1tg/CVE-2023-38831-winrar-exploit/tree/main",
]
version = "1.0.5"
query = '''
sequence with maxspan=10s
[file where event.action == "creation" and process.name : "WinRAR.exe" and
file.path : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*\\*" and
not file.extension : ("exe", "cmd", "bat ", "vbs", "js", "scr ", "com", "wsh", "hta", "pif", "cpl")] by process.entity_id as event0
[file where event.action == "creation" and process.name : "WinRAR.exe" and
file.path : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*\\*" and
file.extension : ("exe", "cmd", "bat ", "vbs", "js", "scr ", "com", "wsh", "hta", "pif", "cpl") and
startswith~(file.name, concat(event0.file.name, " "))] by process.entity_id
[process where event.action == "start" and
process.parent.name : "winrar.exe" and process.args : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*"] by process.parent.entity_id
'''
min_endpoint_version = "8.4.0"
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 2
[[optional_actions]]
action = "rollback"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1566"
name = "Phishing"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1566.001"
name = "Spearphishing Attachment"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/001/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0001"
name = "Initial Access"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/"
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1203"
name = "Exploitation for Client Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1203/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"
[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.4.0"
Stages and Predicates
Ordered sequence: each step below must occur in order within 10s, correlated by process.entity_id, process.parent.entity_id.
Stage 1: file
[file where event.action == "creation" and process.name : "WinRAR.exe" and
file.path : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*\\*" and
not file.extension : ("exe", "cmd", "bat ", "vbs", "js", "scr ", "com", "wsh", "hta", "pif", "cpl")] by process.entity_id as event0
Stage 2: file
[file where event.action == "creation" and process.name : "WinRAR.exe" and
file.path : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*\\*" and
file.extension : ("exe", "cmd", "bat ", "vbs", "js", "scr ", "com", "wsh", "hta", "pif", "cpl") and
startswith~(file.name, concat(event0.file.name, " "))] by process.entity_id
Stage 3: process
[process where event.action == "start" and
process.parent.name : "winrar.exe" and process.args : "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Rar$*"] by process.parent.entity_id
Exclusions
The rule actively suppresses these predicates.
| Field | Kind | Excluded values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
file.extension | eq | exe, cmd, bat , vbs, js, scr , com, wsh, hta, pif, cpl | excludes:file.extension |
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
event.action | eq |
| field:"EventType" kind:eq |
file.extension | wildcard |
| field:"file.extension" kind:wildcard |
file.name | starts_with |
| field:"file.name" kind:starts_with |
file.path | wildcard |
| field:"TargetFilename" kind:wildcard value:"?:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$*\*" |
process.args | wildcard |
| field:"process.args" kind:wildcard value:"?:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$*" |
process.name | wildcard |
| field:"process_name" kind:wildcard value:"WinRAR.exe" |
process.parent.name | wildcard |
| field:"parent_process_name" kind:wildcard value:"winrar.exe" |