Pathlock TDnR - STRUST PSE Certificate Changes

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

Detects changes to STRUST PSE (Personal Security Environment) certificate files in SAP, forwarded by Pathlock Threat Detection and Response. PSE modifications may indicate certificate tampering, introduction of rogue trusted certificates, or preparation for man-in-the-middle attacks against SAP communication channels.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Defense Impairment	`T1553` Subvert Trust Controls
Credential Access	`T1552` Unsecured Credentials

Rule body

id: 2a3b4c5d-6e7f-4a0b-8c1d-2e3f4a5b6c42
name: Pathlock TDnR - STRUST PSE Certificate Changes
kind: Scheduled
description: >-
  Detects changes to STRUST PSE (Personal Security Environment) certificate files in SAP,
  forwarded by Pathlock Threat Detection and Response. PSE modifications may indicate certificate
  tampering, introduction of rogue trusted certificates, or preparation for man-in-the-middle attacks
  against SAP communication channels.
severity: High
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: Pathlock_TDnR
    dataTypes:
      - Pathlock_TDnR_CL
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - CredentialAccess
  - DefenseEvasion
relevantTechniques:
  - T1552
  - T1553
query: |
  Pathlock_TDnR_CL
  | where DataSource == "PSE_CHANGES"
  | project TimeGenerated, Sysid, DataSource, Eventid, Instance, Hostname, Bname,
            Tcode, Report, Area, Subid, SrcIp, DestIp, AffectedUser, LogLine,
            MsgType, MsgId, MsgNo, MessageV1, MessageV2, MessageV3, MessageV4, CentralTs
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Bname
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: Hostname
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SrcIp
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: SingleAlert
incidentConfiguration:
  createIncident: true
  groupingConfiguration:
    enabled: true
    reopenClosedIncident: false
    lookbackDuration: 5h
    matchingMethod: AnyAlert
    groupByEntities: []
    groupByAlertDetails: []
    groupByCustomDetails: []
suppressionDuration: 5h
suppressionEnabled: false
version: 1.0.0

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `source`

Pathlock_TDnR_CL

Stage 2: `where`

| where DataSource == "PSE_CHANGES"

Stage 3: `project`

| project TimeGenerated, Sysid, DataSource, Eventid, Instance, Hostname, Bname,
          Tcode, Report, Area, Subid, SrcIp, DestIp, AffectedUser, LogLine,
          MsgType, MsgId, MsgNo, MessageV1, MessageV2, MessageV3, MessageV4, CentralTs

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Field	Kind	Values	Search
`DataSource`	eq	`PSE_CHANGES`	`field:"DataSource" kind:eq value:"PSE_CHANGES"`

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

Field	Source
`AffectedUser`	`project`
`Area`	`project`
`Bname`	`project`
`CentralTs`	`project`
`DataSource`	`project`
`DestIp`	`project`
`Eventid`	`project`
`Hostname`	`project`
`Instance`	`project`
`LogLine`	`project`
`MessageV1`	`project`
`MessageV2`	`project`
`MessageV3`	`project`
`MessageV4`	`project`
`MsgId`	`project`
`MsgNo`	`project`
`MsgType`	`project`
`Report`	`project`
`SrcIp`	`project`
`Subid`	`project`
`Sysid`	`project`
`Tcode`	`project`
`TimeGenerated`	`project`