McAfee ePO - Logging error occurred

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

Detects when logging errors on agent.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Stealth	`T1070` Indicator Removal
Defense Impairment	`T1685` Disable or Modify Tools

Telemetry coverage

Provider	Record / event type
McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator	Event ID 1040: Activity log error
McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator	Event ID 1076: Error logging information
McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator	Event ID 3032: Error opening or creating the activity log file
McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator	Event ID 3033: Activity log file maximum size reached
McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator	Event ID 3034: Unable to write the activity log file
McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator	Event ID 3036: Error initializing the activity log file
McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator	Event ID 3038: Error writing to the activity log

Rule body

id: 0c9243d6-d2ec-48e1-8593-e713859c8f3c
name: McAfee ePO - Logging error occurred
description: |
  'Detects when logging errors on agent.'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: SyslogAma
    datatypes:
      - Syslog
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
status: Available
tactics:
  - DefenseEvasion
relevantTechniques:
  - T1562
  - T1070
query: |
  McAfeeEPOEvent
  | where EventId in ('1040', '1076', '3032', '3033', '3034', '3036', '3038')
  | extend EventMessage = case(EventId == '1040', 'Activity Log error',
                                EventId == '1076', 'Error logging information',
                                EventId == '3032', 'Error while trying to open/create activity log file',
                                EventId == '3033', 'Activity log file maximum size reached',
                                EventId == '3034', 'Unable to write the activity log file',
                                EventId == '3036', 'Error during initialization of the activity log file',
                                'Error writing to log')
  | project DvcIpAddr, EventId, EventMessage
  | extend IPCustomEntity = DvcIpAddr
entityMappings:
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IPCustomEntity
version: 1.0.2
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `source`

McAfeeEPOEvent

Stage 2: `where`

| where EventId in ('1040', '1076', '3032', '3033', '3034', '3036', '3038')

Stage 3: `extend`

| extend EventMessage = case(EventId == '1040', 'Activity Log error',
                              EventId == '1076', 'Error logging information',
                              EventId == '3032', 'Error while trying to open/create activity log file',
                              EventId == '3033', 'Activity log file maximum size reached',
                              EventId == '3034', 'Unable to write the activity log file',
                              EventId == '3036', 'Error during initialization of the activity log file',
                              'Error writing to log')

EventMessage =

ifEventId == 1040'Activity Log error'

elifEventId == 1076'Error logging information'

elifEventId == 3032'Error while trying to open/create activity log file'

elifEventId == 3033'Activity log file maximum size reached'

elifEventId == 3034'Unable to write the activity log file'

elifEventId == 3036'Error during initialization of the activity log file'

else'Error writing to log'

Stage 4: `project`

| project DvcIpAddr, EventId, EventMessage

Stage 5: `extend`

| extend IPCustomEntity = DvcIpAddr

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Field	Kind	Values	Search
`EventId`	in	`1040` `1076` `3032` `3033` `3034` `3036` `3038`	`field:"EventId" kind:in`

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

Field	Source
`DvcIpAddr`	`project`
`EventId`	`project`
`EventMessage`	`project`
`IPCustomEntity`	`extend`