Remote Desktop Protocol - SharpRDP

id: cc46e76c-0d04-40b0-9c8b-929aa40513e7
name: Remote Desktop Protocol - SharpRDP
description: |
  This detection monitors for the behavior that SharpRDP exhibits on the target system. The most relevant is leveraging taskmgr.exe to gain elevated execution, which means that taskmgr.exe is creating unexpected child processes.
severity: Medium
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: MicrosoftThreatProtection
    dataTypes:
      - DeviceProcessEvents
      - DeviceLogonEvents
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - LateralMovement
relevantTechniques:
  - T1021.001
query: |
  let executions = DeviceProcessEvents
  | where InitiatingProcessFileName contains "taskmgr" and AccountName !contains "_ladm" // Include your LAPS /RID500 admin naming convention here. 
  // Add the below filter to look for stock SharpRDP behavior. However, with minorchanges to the stock version of SharpRDP the filter below can be bypassed.
  //| where not(InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_any ("/1","/2","/3","/4"))
  | where not(FolderPath =~ @"c:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe" and ProcessCommandLine contains "-u -p")
  | where not(FolderPath =~ @"c:\windows\system32\mmc.exe" and ProcessCommandLine contains @"C:\WINDOWS\System32\services.msc")
  | where not(FolderPath =~ @"c:\windows\system32\resmon.exe");
  executions
  | join kind=leftsemi  (DeviceLogonEvents
  | where LogonType in ('Unlock', 'RemoteInteractive') and not (LogonType == 'Unlock' and RemoteIP == '127.0.0.1') and RemoteIP != "" and ActionType == "LogonSuccess") on DeviceId, LogonId
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: DeviceName
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Sid
        columnName: AccountSid 
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: NTDomain
        columnName: AccountDomain
  - entityType: Process
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: CommandLine
        columnName: ProcessCommandLine
version: 1.0.0
kind: Scheduled