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ApexOne - Suspicious commandline arguments

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

'Detects suspicious commandline arguments.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body

id: 4d7199b2-67b8-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003
name: ApexOne - Suspicious commandline arguments
description: |
  'Detects suspicious commandline arguments.'
severity: High
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: CefAma
    dataTypes:
      - CommonSecurityLog
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Execution
relevantTechniques:
  - T1059
query: |
  TMApexOneEvent
  | where EventMessage has "Endpoint Application"
  | where Command has_any ("whoami", "dpkg", "useradd", "sudo")
  | extend IPCustomEntity = SrcIpAddr, AccountCustomEntity = DstUserName
entityMappings:
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IPCustomEntity
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountCustomEntity
version: 1.0.3
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

TMApexOneEvent

Stage 2: where

| where EventMessage has "Endpoint Application"

Stage 3: where

| where Command has_any ("whoami", "dpkg", "useradd", "sudo")

Stage 4: extend

| extend IPCustomEntity = SrcIpAddr, AccountCustomEntity = DstUserName

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
Commandmatch
  • dpkg transforms: term
  • sudo transforms: term
  • useradd transforms: term
  • whoami transforms: term
field:"Command" kind:match
EventMessagematch
  • Endpoint Application transforms: term
field:"EventMessage" kind:match value:"Endpoint Application"

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
AccountCustomEntityextend
IPCustomEntityextend