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Apache - Request to sensitive files

Status
available
Severity
medium
Time window
1h
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

'Detects request to sensitive files.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial AccessT1189 Drive-by Compromise

Rule body kusto

id: d1c52578-3afc-11ec-8d3d-0242ac130003
name: Apache - Request to sensitive files
description: |
  'Detects request to sensitive files.'
severity: Medium
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: CustomLogsAma
    datatypes:
      - ApacheHTTPServer_CL
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1189
query: |
  let forbidden_files = dynamic(['shadow', 'passwd', 'id_rsa']);
  ApacheHTTPServer
  | where isnotempty(UrlOriginal)
  | extend File = extract(@'(.*\/)?(.*)', 2, tostring(UrlOriginal))
  | where File in~ (forbidden_files)
  | extend FileCustomEntity = File, UrlCustomEntity = UrlOriginal
entityMappings:
  - entityType: File
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: FileCustomEntity
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: UrlCustomEntity
version: 1.0.2
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let forbidden_files = dynamic(['shadow', 'passwd', 'id_rsa']);

Stage 1: source

ApacheHTTPServer

Stage 2: where

| where isnotempty(UrlOriginal)

Stage 3: extend

| extend File = extract(@'(.*\/)?(.*)', 2, tostring(UrlOriginal))

Stage 4: where

| where File in~ (forbidden_files)

Stage 5: extend

| extend FileCustomEntity = File, UrlCustomEntity = UrlOriginal

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.

FieldKindValues
Filein
  • id_rsa
  • passwd
  • shadow
UrlOriginalis_not_null
  • (no value, null check)

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.

FieldSource
Fileextend
FileCustomEntityextend
UrlCustomEntityextend