SonicWall - Capture ATP Malicious File Detection

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

'This rule identifies malicious file verdicts from the SonicWall Capture ATP service. This analytic rule leverages the SonicWall Firewall ASIM Network Session parser (ASimNetworkSessionSonicWallFirewall). Ref: https://www.sonicwall.com/products/capture-advanced-threat-protection/ Ref: https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-view-threat-reports-capture-atp/170505384715913/'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Execution	`T1204` User Execution

Rule body kusto

id: 3db9f99e-a459-41e0-8e02-8b332f5fcb2c
name: SonicWall - Capture ATP Malicious File Detection
description: |
  'This rule identifies malicious file verdicts from the SonicWall Capture ATP service. This analytic rule leverages the SonicWall Firewall ASIM Network Session parser (ASimNetworkSessionSonicWallFirewall).
    Ref: https://www.sonicwall.com/products/capture-advanced-threat-protection/
    Ref: https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-view-threat-reports-capture-atp/170505384715913/'
severity: Medium
status: Experimental
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: CefAma
    dataTypes:
      - CommonSecurityLog
queryFrequency: 5m
queryPeriod: 5m
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Execution
relevantTechniques:
  - T1204
query: |
  CommonSecurityLog
  | where DeviceEventClassID == 1631
  | extend CaptureATPVerdict = extract(@'Gateway Anti-Virus Status: (.*)\. ', 1, Message)
  | where CaptureATPVerdict == "BAD"
  | parse-kv AdditionalExtensions as (['susr']:string, ['fileid']:string) with (pair_delimiter=";", kv_delimiter="=")
  | extend
      NetworkProtocol = toupper(iff(Protocol contains "-" and Protocol !contains "/", toupper(trim_start(@".*-", Protocol)), toupper(trim_end(@"/.*", Protocol)))),
      NetworkApplicationProtocol = tostring(toupper(trim_start(@".*/", Protocol)))
  | project
      TimeGenerated,
      DeviceModel = DeviceProduct,
      SerialNumber = Computer,
      SrcIpAddr = SourceIP,
      SrcUsername = coalesce(susr, SourceUserName),
      NetworkProtocol,
      NetworkApplicationProtocol,
      RequestURL,
      File = url_decode(tostring(split(RequestURL, '/')[-1])),
      Hash = fileid,
      Verdict = CaptureATPVerdict
entityMappings:
  - entityType: File
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: File
  - entityType: Url
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: RequestURL
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: SrcUsername
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SrcIpAddr
version: 1.0.2
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `source`

CommonSecurityLog

Stage 2: `where`

| where DeviceEventClassID == 1631

Stage 3: `extend`

| extend CaptureATPVerdict = extract(@'Gateway Anti-Virus Status: (.*)\. ', 1, Message)

Stage 4: `where`

| where CaptureATPVerdict == "BAD"

Stage 5: `parse`

| parse-kv AdditionalExtensions as (['susr']:string, ['fileid']:string) with (pair_delimiter=";", kv_delimiter="=")

Stage 6: `extend`

| extend
    NetworkProtocol = toupper(iff(Protocol contains "-" and Protocol !contains "/", toupper(trim_start(@".*-", Protocol)), toupper(trim_end(@"/.*", Protocol)))),
    NetworkApplicationProtocol = tostring(toupper(trim_start(@".*/", Protocol)))

Stage 7: `project`

| project
    TimeGenerated,
    DeviceModel = DeviceProduct,
    SerialNumber = Computer,
    SrcIpAddr = SourceIP,
    SrcUsername = coalesce(susr, SourceUserName),
    NetworkProtocol,
    NetworkApplicationProtocol,
    RequestURL,
    File = url_decode(tostring(split(RequestURL, '/')[-1])),
    Hash = fileid,
    Verdict = CaptureATPVerdict

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
`CaptureATPVerdict`	eq	`BAD` transforms: `cased`
`DeviceEventClassID`	eq	`1631` 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
`DeviceModel`	`project`
`File`	`project`
`Hash`	`project`
`NetworkApplicationProtocol`	`project`
`NetworkProtocol`	`project`
`RequestURL`	`project`
`SerialNumber`	`project`
`SrcIpAddr`	`project`
`SrcUsername`	`project`
`TimeGenerated`	`project`
`Verdict`	`project`

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`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)

SonicWall - Capture ATP Malicious File Detection

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend`

Stage 4: `where`

Stage 5: `parse`

Stage 6: `extend`

Stage 7: `project`

Indicators

Output fields

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SonicWall - Capture ATP Malicious File Detection

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: extend

Stage 4: where

Stage 5: parse

Stage 6: extend

Stage 7: project

Indicators

Output fields

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend`

Stage 4: `where`

Stage 5: `parse`

Stage 6: `extend`

Stage 7: `project`