McAfee ePO - Task error

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

Detects when task error occurs.

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 1003: Error starting task
McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator	Event ID 1067: Unable to start scheduled task

Rule body

id: 3e397e31-7964-417e-a3e0-0acfaa2056f4
name: McAfee ePO - Task error
description: |
  'Detects when task error occurs.'
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 ('1003', '1067')
  | extend EventMessage = case(EventId == '1003', 'Error starting Task',
                                'Unable to start scheduled task')
  | 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 ('1003', '1067')

Stage 3: `extend`

| extend EventMessage = case(EventId == '1003', 'Error starting Task',
                              'Unable to start scheduled task')

EventMessage =

ifEventId == 1003'Error starting Task'

else'Unable to start scheduled task'

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	`1003` `1067`	`field:"EventId" kind:in`

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

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