API - Kiterunner detection

Status: available
Severity: medium
Time window: 5m
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

'42Crunch API protection against Kiterunner enumeration'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Reconnaissance	`T1595` Active Scanning
Discovery	`T1083` File and Directory Discovery, `T1580` Cloud Infrastructure Discovery

Rule body kusto

id: 421b38ec-4295-4aed-8299-c92e268ad663
name: API - Kiterunner detection
description: |
  '42Crunch API protection against Kiterunner enumeration'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: 42CrunchAPIProtection
    dataTypes:
      - FortyTwoCrunchAPIProtection
  - connectorId: FortyTwoCrunchAPIProtection
    dataTypes:
      - FortyTwoCrunchAPIProtection
queryFrequency: 5m
queryPeriod: 5m
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: SingleAlert
status: Available  
tactics:
  - Reconnaissance
  - Discovery
relevantTechniques:
  - T1595
  - T1580
  - T1083
query: |
  let discoveryRecords = FortyTwoCrunchAPIProtection
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(5m) 
  | project-away NonBlockingMode, SourcePort, DestinationPort, Query, ApiId, RequestHeader, ResponseHeader, Errors, EventType, Uuid 
  | where Status == 404 and ErrorMessage startswith "path not defined in OAS";
  let discoveryCnt = (toscalar(discoveryRecords | count));
  let recCount = iff((discoveryCnt > 500), 1, 0);
  discoveryRecords | top recCount by Timestamp desc
customDetails:
entityMappings:
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SourceIp
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: Hostname
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: InstanceName
version: 3.0.1
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let recCount = iff((discoveryCnt > 500), 1, 0);

Let binding: `discoveryCnt`

let discoveryCnt = (toscalar(discoveryRecords | count));

Derived from discoveryRecords.

The stages below define let discoveryRecords (the rule's main pipeline source).

Stage 1: `source`

FortyTwoCrunchAPIProtection

Stage 2: `where`

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(5m)

Stage 3: `project-away`

| project-away NonBlockingMode, SourcePort, DestinationPort, Query, ApiId, RequestHeader, ResponseHeader, Errors, EventType, Uuid

Stage 4: `where`

| where Status == 404 and ErrorMessage startswith "path not defined in OAS"

The stages below run on discoveryRecords (the outer pipeline).

Stage 5: `top`

discoveryRecords
| top recCount by Timestamp desc

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`ErrorMessage`	starts_with	`path not defined in OAS`
`Status`	eq	`404` transforms: `cased`

`j` / `k`	Scroll down / up
`d` / `u`	Half-page down / up
`gg` / `G`	Top / bottom
`h` / `l`	History back / forward
`f`	Follow link (`Shift` = new tab)
`/`	Focus search
`?`	Toggle this help
`↑` / `↓`	Navigate search results
`Enter`	Open highlighted result
`Esc`	Close results / dialog

`type:`	`events` / `rules` / `providers`
`vendor:`	`sigma` / `elastic` / `splunk` / `kusto` / `chronicle` (vendor name alone also works: `sigma:`, `kql:`, `secops:`…)
`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
`kind:`	Filter by predicate kind. Narrows rule cards to those carrying a matching predicate leaf (`vendor:elastic kind:cidr_match`) and drives the indicator tier: `contains` / `starts_with` / `ends_with` / `regex` / `cidr` / `eq` / `in` … (operator aliases `op:`/`match:`)
`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

API - Kiterunner detection

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: `discoveryCnt`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `project-away`

Stage 4: `where`

Stage 5: `top`

Indicators

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API - Kiterunner detection

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: discoveryCnt

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: project-away

Stage 4: where

Stage 5: top

Indicators

Let binding: `discoveryCnt`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `project-away`

Stage 4: `where`

Stage 5: `top`