Detection rules › Kusto
Multiple users email forwarded to same destination
'Identifies when multiple (more than one) users mailboxes are configured to forward to the same destination. This could be an attacker-controlled destination mailbox configured to collect mail from multiple compromised user accounts.'
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Collection | |
| Exfiltration |
Rules detecting the same action
These rules filter on the same operation.
Rule body
id: 871ba14c-88ef-48aa-ad38-810f26760ca3
name: Multiple users email forwarded to same destination
description: |
'Identifies when multiple (more than one) users mailboxes are configured to forward to the same destination.
This could be an attacker-controlled destination mailbox configured to collect mail from multiple compromised user accounts.'
severity: Medium
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: Office365
dataTypes:
- OfficeActivity (Exchange)
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 7d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
- Collection
- Exfiltration
relevantTechniques:
- T1114
- T1020
query: |
let queryfrequency = 1d;
let queryperiod = 7d;
OfficeActivity
| where TimeGenerated > ago(queryperiod)
| where OfficeWorkload =~ "Exchange"
//| where Operation in ("Set-Mailbox", "New-InboxRule", "Set-InboxRule")
| where Parameters has_any ("ForwardTo", "RedirectTo", "ForwardingSmtpAddress")
| mv-apply DynamicParameters = todynamic(Parameters) on (summarize ParsedParameters = make_bag(bag_pack(tostring(DynamicParameters.Name), DynamicParameters.Value)))
| evaluate bag_unpack(ParsedParameters, columnsConflict='replace_source')
| extend DestinationMailAddress = tolower(case(
isnotempty(column_ifexists("ForwardTo", "")), column_ifexists("ForwardTo", ""),
isnotempty(column_ifexists("RedirectTo", "")), column_ifexists("RedirectTo", ""),
isnotempty(column_ifexists("ForwardingSmtpAddress", "")), trim_start(@"smtp:", column_ifexists("ForwardingSmtpAddress", "")),
""))
| where isnotempty(DestinationMailAddress)
| mv-expand split(DestinationMailAddress, ";")
| extend ClientIPValues = extract_all(@'\[?(::ffff:)?(?P<IPAddress>(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)|[^\]]+)\]?([-:](?P<Port>\d+))?', dynamic(["IPAddress", "Port"]), ClientIP)[0]
| extend ClientIP = tostring(ClientIPValues[0]), Port = tostring(ClientIPValues[1])
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), DistinctUserCount = dcount(UserId), UserId = make_set(UserId, 250), Ports = make_set(Port, 250), EventCount = count() by tostring(DestinationMailAddress), ClientIP
| where DistinctUserCount > 1 and EndTime > ago(queryfrequency)
| mv-expand UserId to typeof(string)
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: UserId
- identifier: Name
columnName: AccountName
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
- entityType: IP
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: ClientIP
version: 2.0.3
kind: Scheduled
Stages and Predicates
Parameters
let queryfrequency = 1d;
let queryperiod = 7d;
Stage 1: source
OfficeActivity
Stage 2: where
| where TimeGenerated > ago(queryperiod)
Stage 3: where
| where OfficeWorkload =~ "Exchange"
Stage 4: where
| where Parameters has_any ("ForwardTo", "RedirectTo", "ForwardingSmtpAddress")
Stage 5: kusto:mv-apply
| mv-apply DynamicParameters = todynamic(Parameters) on (summarize ParsedParameters = make_bag(bag_pack(tostring(DynamicParameters.Name), DynamicParameters.Value)))
Stage 6: evaluate
| evaluate bag_unpack(ParsedParameters, columnsConflict='replace_source')
Stage 7: extend
| extend DestinationMailAddress = tolower(case(
isnotempty(column_ifexists("ForwardTo", "")), column_ifexists("ForwardTo", ""),
isnotempty(column_ifexists("RedirectTo", "")), column_ifexists("RedirectTo", ""),
isnotempty(column_ifexists("ForwardingSmtpAddress", "")), trim_start(@"smtp:", column_ifexists("ForwardingSmtpAddress", "")),
""))
Stage 8: where
| where isnotempty(DestinationMailAddress)
Stage 9: mv-expand
| mv-expand split(DestinationMailAddress, ";")
Stage 10: extend
| extend ClientIPValues = extract_all(@'\[?(::ffff:)?(?P<IPAddress>(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)|[^\]]+)\]?([-:](?P<Port>\d+))?', dynamic(["IPAddress", "Port"]), ClientIP)[0]
Stage 11: extend
| extend ClientIP = tostring(ClientIPValues[0]), Port = tostring(ClientIPValues[1])
Stage 12: summarize
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), DistinctUserCount = dcount(UserId), UserId = make_set(UserId, 250), Ports = make_set(Port, 250), EventCount = count() by tostring(DestinationMailAddress), ClientIP
Stage 13: where
| where DistinctUserCount > 1 and EndTime > ago(queryfrequency)
Stage 14: mv-expand
| mv-expand UserId to typeof(string)
Stage 15: extend
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, "@")[1])
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
DestinationMailAddress | is_not_null | field:"DestinationMailAddress" kind:is_not_null | |
DistinctUserCount | gt |
| field:"DistinctUserCount" kind:gt value:"1" |
OfficeWorkload | eq |
| field:"m365::Workload" kind:eq value:"Exchange" |
Parameters | match |
| field:"m365::Parameters" kind:match |
Output fields
These fields are emitted when the rule matches.
| Field | Source |
|---|---|
ClientIP | summarize |
DistinctUserCount | summarize |
EndTime | summarize |
EventCount | summarize |
Ports | summarize |
StartTime | summarize |
UserId | summarize |
AccountName | extend |
AccountUPNSuffix | extend |