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Firewall errors stateful anomaly on database

Status
available
Severity
medium
Time window
14d
Group by
ApplicationName, ClientIp, Database, HostName, PrincipalName, ResourceId, timeSlice
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

'This query batches of distinct SQL queries that failed with error codes that might indicate malicious attempts to gain illegitimate access to the data. When attacker attempts to scan or gain access to server protected by firewall, he will be blocked by firewall and fail with error code 40615. Thus, if we see a large number of logins with such error codes, this could indicate attempts to gain access.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial Access

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These rules filter on the same operation.

Rule body

id: 20f87813-3de0-4a9f-a8c0-6aaa3187be08
name: Firewall errors stateful anomaly on database
description: |
  'This query batches of distinct SQL queries that failed with error codes that might indicate malicious attempts to gain illegitimate access to the data. When attacker attempts to scan or gain access to server protected by firewall, he will be blocked by firewall and fail with error code 40615. Thus, if we see a large number of logins with such error codes, this could indicate attempts to gain access.'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureSql
    dataTypes:
      - AzureDiagnostics
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 14d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
status: Available
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1190 
tags:
  - SQL
query: |
    let monitoredStatementsThreshold = 1;           // Minimal number of monitored statements in the slice to trigger an anomaly.
    let trainingSlicesThreshold = 5;                // The maximal amount of slices with monitored statements in the training window before anomaly detection is throttled.
    let timeSliceSize = 1h;                         // The size of the single timeSlice for individual aggregation.
    let detectionWindow = 1h;                       // The size of the recent detection window for detecting anomalies.  
    let trainingWindow = detectionWindow + 14d;     // The size of the training window before the detection window for learning the normal state.
    let monitoredErrors = pack_array(40615);        // List of sql error codes relevant for this detection.
    let processedData = materialize (
        AzureDiagnostics
        | where TimeGenerated >= ago(trainingWindow)
        | where Category == 'SQLSecurityAuditEvents' and action_id_s has_any ("RCM", "BCM") // Keep only SQL affected rows
        | project TimeGenerated, PrincipalName = server_principal_name_s, ClientIp = client_ip_s, HostName = host_name_s, ResourceId,
                  ApplicationName = application_name_s, ActionName = action_name_s, Database = strcat(LogicalServerName_s, '/', database_name_s),
                  IsSuccess = succeeded_s, AffectedRows = affected_rows_d,
                  ResponseRows = response_rows_d, Statement = statement_s,
                  Error = case( additional_information_s has 'error_code', toint(extract("<error_code>([0-9.]+)", 1, additional_information_s))
                        , additional_information_s has 'failure_reason', toint(extract("<failure_reason>Err ([0-9.]+)", 1, additional_information_s))
                        , 0),
                  State = case( additional_information_s has 'error_state', toint(extract("<error_state>([0-9.]+)", 1, additional_information_s))
                        , additional_information_s has 'failure_reason', toint(extract("<failure_reason>Err ([0-9.]+), Level ([0-9.]+)", 2, additional_information_s))
                        , 0),
                  AdditionalInfo = additional_information_s, timeSlice = floor(TimeGenerated, timeSliceSize)
        | summarize countEvents = count(), countStatements = dcount(Statement), countStatementsWithError = dcountif(Statement, Error in (monitoredErrors))
            , anyMonitoredStatement = anyif(Statement, Error in (monitoredErrors)), anyInfo = anyif(AdditionalInfo, Error in (monitoredErrors))
            by Database, ClientIp, ApplicationName, PrincipalName, timeSlice,HostName,ResourceId
        | extend WindowType = case( timeSlice >= ago(detectionWindow), 'detection',
                                               (ago(trainingWindow) <= timeSlice and timeSlice < ago(detectionWindow)), 'training', 'other')
        | where WindowType in ('detection', 'training'));
    let trainingSet =
        processedData
        | where WindowType == 'training'
        | summarize countSlicesWithErrors = dcountif(timeSlice, countStatementsWithError >= monitoredStatementsThreshold)
            by Database;
    processedData
    | where WindowType == 'detection' 
    | join kind = inner (trainingSet) on Database
    | extend IsErrorAnomalyOnStatement = iff(((countStatementsWithError >= monitoredStatementsThreshold) and (countSlicesWithErrors <= trainingSlicesThreshold)), true, false)
        , anomalyScore = round(countStatementsWithError/monitoredStatementsThreshold, 0)
    | where IsErrorAnomalyOnStatement == 'true'
    | project TimeGenerated = timeSlice, Database, ClientIp, ApplicationName, PrincipalName, HostName, ResourceId, countEvents, countStatements, countStatementsWithError, anyMonitoredStatement, anyInfo, anomalyScore
    | extend Name = tostring(split(PrincipalName,'@',0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(PrincipalName,'@',1)[0])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Name
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: ClientIp
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: HostName
  - entityType: CloudApplication
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: ApplicationName
  - entityType: AzureResource
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: ResourceId
        columnName: ResourceId
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: 'Firewall errors stateful anomaly on database {{Database}}'
  alertDescriptionFormat: 'An anomaly was detected on database {{Database}} with {{countStatementsWithError}} statements with monitored errors in the last hour. Investigate the database activity for potential malicious attempts to gain illegitimate access to the data.'
version: 1.1.2
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let monitoredStatementsThreshold = 1;
let trainingSlicesThreshold = 5;
let timeSliceSize = 1h;
let detectionWindow = 1h;
let trainingWindow = detectionWindow + 14d;
let monitoredErrors = pack_array(40615);

let processedData is inlined into the numbered stages below.

Let binding: trainingSet used in Stage 9

let trainingSet = processedData
    | where WindowType == 'training'
    | summarize countSlicesWithErrors = dcountif(timeSlice, countStatementsWithError >= monitoredStatementsThreshold)
        by Database;

Stages 1 to 7 define let processedData (the rule's main pipeline source); stages 8 to 13 run on it.

Stage 1: source

AzureDiagnostics

Stage 2: where

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(trainingWindow)

Stage 3: where

| where Category == 'SQLSecurityAuditEvents' and action_id_s has_any ("RCM", "BCM")

Stage 4: project

| project TimeGenerated, PrincipalName = server_principal_name_s, ClientIp = client_ip_s, HostName = host_name_s, ResourceId,
              ApplicationName = application_name_s, ActionName = action_name_s, Database = strcat(LogicalServerName_s, '/', database_name_s),
              IsSuccess = succeeded_s, AffectedRows = affected_rows_d,
              ResponseRows = response_rows_d, Statement = statement_s,
              Error = case( additional_information_s has 'error_code', toint(extract("<error_code>([0-9.]+)", 1, additional_information_s))
                    , additional_information_s has 'failure_reason', toint(extract("<failure_reason>Err ([0-9.]+)", 1, additional_information_s))
                    , 0),
              State = case( additional_information_s has 'error_state', toint(extract("<error_state>([0-9.]+)", 1, additional_information_s))
                    , additional_information_s has 'failure_reason', toint(extract("<failure_reason>Err ([0-9.]+), Level ([0-9.]+)", 2, additional_information_s))
                    , 0),
              AdditionalInfo = additional_information_s, timeSlice = floor(TimeGenerated, timeSliceSize)

Stage 5: summarize

| summarize countEvents = count(), countStatements = dcount(Statement), countStatementsWithError = dcountif(Statement, Error in (monitoredErrors))
        , anyMonitoredStatement = anyif(Statement, Error in (monitoredErrors)), anyInfo = anyif(AdditionalInfo, Error in (monitoredErrors))
        by Database, ClientIp, ApplicationName, PrincipalName, timeSlice,HostName,ResourceId

Stage 6: extend

| extend WindowType = case( timeSlice >= ago(detectionWindow), 'detection',
                                           (ago(trainingWindow) <= timeSlice and timeSlice < ago(detectionWindow)), 'training', 'other')
WindowType =
if/* macro: (timeSlice >= ago(detectionWindow)) */'detection'
elif/* macro: (ago(trainingWindow) <= timeSlice) */'training'
else'other'

Stage 7: where

| where WindowType in ('detection', 'training')

Stage 8: where

processedData
| where WindowType == 'detection'

Stage 9: join

| join kind = inner (trainingSet) on Database

Stage 10: extend

| extend IsErrorAnomalyOnStatement = iff(((countStatementsWithError >= monitoredStatementsThreshold) and (countSlicesWithErrors <= trainingSlicesThreshold)), true, false)
    , anomalyScore = round(countStatementsWithError/monitoredStatementsThreshold, 0)
IsErrorAnomalyOnStatement =
ifcountStatementsWithError >= monitoredStatementsThreshold and countSlicesWithErrors <= trainingSlicesThresholdtrue
elsefalse

Stage 11: where

| where IsErrorAnomalyOnStatement == 'true'

Stage 12: project

| project TimeGenerated = timeSlice, Database, ClientIp, ApplicationName, PrincipalName, HostName, ResourceId, countEvents, countStatements, countStatementsWithError, anyMonitoredStatement, anyInfo, anomalyScore

Stage 13: extend

| extend Name = tostring(split(PrincipalName,'@',0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(PrincipalName,'@',1)[0])

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
ApplicationNameproject
ClientIpproject
Databaseproject
HostNameproject
PrincipalNameproject
ResourceIdproject
TimeGeneratedproject
anomalyScoreproject
anyInfoproject
anyMonitoredStatementproject
countEventsproject
countStatementsproject
countStatementsWithErrorproject
Nameextend
UPNSuffixextend