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CYFIRMA - Attack Surface - Open Ports Medium Rule

This is a third-party alert feed, not a detection over modeled telemetry. The vendor product raised the finding; this rule forwards it into the SIEM. It is searchable for reference but is excluded from the detection-rule browse and the ATT&CK coverage matrix.

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

"This rule is triggered when CYFIRMA identifies open and publicly accessible ports on internet-facing assets. Exposed services may include SSH, RDP, HTTP, or other potentially sensitive ports, increasing the risk of unauthorized access, exploitation, or reconnaissance by threat actors. Monitoring open ports is critical to reducing the external attack surface and preventing misuse through brute force, service vulnerabilities, or protocol exploitation."

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Initial Access	`T1566` Phishing
Persistence	`T1505` Server Software Component
Command & Control	`T1071` Application Layer Protocol

Rule body kusto

id: 9e18b6c3-d172-4bc6-a7d9-cc7b0a03a69e
name: CYFIRMA - Attack Surface - Open Ports Medium Rule
description: |
  "This rule is triggered when CYFIRMA identifies open and publicly accessible ports on internet-facing assets. Exposed services may include SSH, RDP, HTTP, or other potentially sensitive ports, increasing the risk of unauthorized access, exploitation, or reconnaissance by threat actors. Monitoring open ports is critical to reducing the external attack surface and preventing misuse through brute force, service vulnerabilities, or protocol exploitation."
version: 1.0.1
kind: Scheduled
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: CyfirmaAttackSurfaceAlertsConnector
    dataTypes:
      - CyfirmaASOpenPortsAlerts_CL
queryFrequency: 5m
queryPeriod: 5m
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
status: Available
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
  - CommandAndControl
  - Discovery
  - DefenseEvasion
  - Persistence
relevantTechniques:
  - T1566
  - T1071
  - T1505
query: |
  // Medium Severity - Open Ports Exposure Detected
  let timeFrame = 5m;
  CyfirmaASOpenPortsAlerts_CL
  | where severity == 'High' and TimeGenerated between (ago(timeFrame) .. now())
  | extend 
      Description=description, 
      FirstSeen=first_seen, 
      LastSeen=last_seen, 
      RiskScore=risk_score, 
      Domain=sub_domain, 
      TopDomain=top_domain, 
      NetworkIP=ip, 
      AlertUID=alert_uid, 
      UID=uid, 
      WebServer=web_server, 
      WebServerVersion=web_server_version, 
      OpenPorts=open_ports, 
      ProviderName='CYFIRMA', 
      ProductName='DeCYFIR/DeTCT'
  | project
      TimeGenerated,
      Description,
      Domain,
      TopDomain,
      RiskScore,
      FirstSeen,
      LastSeen,
      NetworkIP,
      AlertUID,
      UID,
      WebServer,
      WebServerVersion,
      OpenPorts,
      ProductName,
      ProviderName
entityMappings:
  - entityType: DNS
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: DomainName
        columnName: Domain
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: TopDomain
      - identifier: DnsDomain
        columnName: Domain
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: NetworkIP
customDetails:
  TimeGenerated: TimeGenerated
  RiskScore: RiskScore
  FirstSeen: FirstSeen
  LastSeen: LastSeen
  AlertUID: AlertUID
  UID: UID
  WebServer: WebServer
  WebServerVersion: WebServerVersion
  OpenPorts: OpenPorts
  Description: Description
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: "CYFIRMA - Medium Severity Open Ports Exposure Detected on Assets - Domain: {{Domain}}, IP: {{NetworkIP}}"
  alertDescriptionFormat: "CYFIRMA - Medium Severity Open Ports Exposure Detected on Assets - {{Description}}"
  alertDynamicProperties:
    - alertProperty: ProductName
      value: "DeCYFIR/DeTCT"
    - alertProperty: ProviderName
      value: "CYFIRMA"
incidentConfiguration:
  createIncident: true
  groupingConfiguration:
    enabled: false
    reopenClosedIncident: false
    lookbackDuration: PT5H
    matchingMethod: AllEntities
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let timeFrame = 5m;

Stage 1: `source`

CyfirmaASOpenPortsAlerts_CL

Stage 2: `where`

| where severity == 'High' and TimeGenerated between (ago(timeFrame) .. now())

Stage 3: `extend`

| extend 
    Description=description, 
    FirstSeen=first_seen, 
    LastSeen=last_seen, 
    RiskScore=risk_score, 
    Domain=sub_domain, 
    TopDomain=top_domain, 
    NetworkIP=ip, 
    AlertUID=alert_uid, 
    UID=uid, 
    WebServer=web_server, 
    WebServerVersion=web_server_version, 
    OpenPorts=open_ports, 
    ProviderName='CYFIRMA', 
    ProductName='DeCYFIR/DeTCT'

Stage 4: `project`

| project
    TimeGenerated,
    Description,
    Domain,
    TopDomain,
    RiskScore,
    FirstSeen,
    LastSeen,
    NetworkIP,
    AlertUID,
    UID,
    WebServer,
    WebServerVersion,
    OpenPorts,
    ProductName,
    ProviderName

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
`severity`	eq	`High` transforms: `cased`

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`AlertUID`	`project`
`Description`	`project`
`Domain`	`project`
`FirstSeen`	`project`
`LastSeen`	`project`
`NetworkIP`	`project`
`OpenPorts`	`project`
`ProductName`	`project`
`ProviderName`	`project`
`RiskScore`	`project`
`TimeGenerated`	`project`
`TopDomain`	`project`
`UID`	`project`
`WebServer`	`project`
`WebServerVersion`	`project`

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`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)

CYFIRMA - Attack Surface - Open Ports Medium Rule

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend`

Stage 4: `project`

Indicators

Output fields

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CYFIRMA - Attack Surface - Open Ports Medium Rule

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: extend

Stage 4: project

Indicators

Output fields

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend`

Stage 4: `project`