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Solorigate Named Pipe

Severity
high
Time window
1d
Author
Microsoft Security Research
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies a match across various data feeds for named pipe IOCs related to the Solorigate incident. For the sysmon events required for this detection, logging for Named Pipe Events needs to be configured in Sysmon config (Event ID 17 and Event ID 18) Reference: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sentinel/solarwinds-post-compromise-hunting-with-azure-sentinel/ba-p/1995095

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Privilege Escalation
Stealth

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

id: 11b4c19d-2a79-4da3-af38-b067e1273dee
name: Solorigate Named Pipe
description: |
  'Identifies a match across various data feeds for named pipe IOCs related to the Solorigate incident.
   For the sysmon events required for this detection, logging for Named Pipe Events needs to be configured in Sysmon config (Event ID 17 and Event ID 18)
   Reference: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sentinel/solarwinds-post-compromise-hunting-with-azure-sentinel/ba-p/1995095'
severity: High
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: SecurityEvents
    dataTypes:
      - SecurityEvent
  - connectorId: WindowsSecurityEvents
    dataTypes:
      - SecurityEvent
  - connectorId: WindowsForwardedEvents
    dataTypes:
      - WindowsEvent
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - DefenseEvasion
  - PrivilegeEscalation
relevantTechniques:
  - T1055
tags:
  - Solorigate
  - NOBELIUM
query: |
  (union isfuzzy=true
  (Event
  | where Source == "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon"
  | where EventID in (17,18)
  | where EventData has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
  | extend EventData = parse_xml(EventData).DataItem.EventData.Data
  | mv-expand bagexpansion=array EventData
  | evaluate bag_unpack(EventData)
  | extend Key = tostring(column_ifexists('@Name', "")), Value = column_ifexists('#text', "")
  | evaluate pivot(Key, any(Value), TimeGenerated, Source, EventLog, Computer, EventLevel, EventLevelName, EventID, UserName, MG, ManagementGroupName, _ResourceId)
  | extend PipeName = column_ifexists("PipeName", "")
  | extend Account = User
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, @"\")[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(User, @"\")[0])
  ),
  (
  SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == '5145'
  // %%4418 looks for presence of CreatePipeInstance value
  | where AccessList has '%%4418'
  | where RelativeTargetName has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
  | extend AccountName = SubjectUserName, AccountNTDomain = SubjectDomainName
  ),
  (
  WindowsEvent
  | where EventID == '5145' and EventData has '%%4418'  and EventData has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
  // %%4418 looks for presence of CreatePipeInstance value
  | extend AccessList= tostring(EventData.AccessList)
  | where AccessList has '%%4418'
  | extend RelativeTargetName= tostring(EventData.RelativeTargetName)
  | where RelativeTargetName has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
  | extend Account =  strcat(tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName),"\\", tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName))
  | extend AccountName = tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName), AccountNTDomain = tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName)
  )
  )
  | extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
  | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
  | project-away DomainIndex
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Account
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: NTDomain
        columnName: AccountNTDomain
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Computer
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: HostName
      - identifier: NTDomain
        columnName: HostNameDomain
version: 1.2.5
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - 0-day Vulnerability" ]

Stages and Predicates

union isfuzzy=true (3 sources)

Each leg below queries one source; the rule matches if any leg does. Sources: Event, SecurityEvent, WindowsEvent

Leg 1: Event

Event
| where Source == "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon"
| where EventID in (17,18)
| where EventData has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
| extend EventData = parse_xml(EventData).DataItem.EventData.Data
| mv-expand bagexpansion=array EventData
| evaluate bag_unpack(EventData)
| extend Key = tostring(column_ifexists('@Name', "")), Value = column_ifexists('#text', "")
| evaluate pivot(Key, any(Value), TimeGenerated, Source, EventLog, Computer, EventLevel, EventLevelName, EventID, UserName, MG, ManagementGroupName, _ResourceId)
| extend PipeName = column_ifexists("PipeName", "")
| extend Account = User
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, @"\")[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(User, @"\")[0])

Leg 2: SecurityEvent

SecurityEvent
| where EventID == '5145'
| where AccessList has '%%4418'
| where RelativeTargetName has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
| extend AccountName = SubjectUserName, AccountNTDomain = SubjectDomainName

Leg 3: WindowsEvent

WindowsEvent
| where EventID == '5145' and EventData has '%%4418'  and EventData has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
| extend AccessList= tostring(EventData.AccessList)
| where AccessList has '%%4418'
| extend RelativeTargetName= tostring(EventData.RelativeTargetName)
| where RelativeTargetName has '583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e'
| extend Account =  strcat(tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName),"\\", tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName))
| extend AccountName = tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName), AccountNTDomain = tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName)

Applied to the combined result

| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
| project-away DomainIndex

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
AccessListmatch
  • %%4418 transforms: term corpus 3 (sigma 1, splunk 1, kusto 1)
field:"AccessList" kind:match value:"%%4418"
EventDatamatch
  • %%4418 transforms: term
  • 583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e transforms: term
field:"EventData" kind:match
EventIDeq
  • 5145 corpus 23 (splunk 16, elastic 5, kusto 2)
field:"EventID" kind:eq value:"5145"
EventIDin
  • 17 corpus 5 (splunk 4, elastic 1)
  • 18 corpus 6 (splunk 4, chronicle 1, kusto 1)
field:"EventID" kind:in
RelativeTargetNamematch
  • 583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e transforms: term
field:"RelativeTargetName" kind:match value:"583da945-62af-10e8-4902-a8f205c72b2e"

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
EventDataextend
Keyextend
Valueextend
PipeNameextend
Accountextend
AccountNTDomainextend
AccountNameextend
AccessListextend
RelativeTargetNameextend
HostNameextend
HostNameDomainextend