VMware SD-WAN Edge - IDS/IPS Alert triggered (Syslog)

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

The VMware SD-WAN Edge appliance captured a potentially malicious traffic flow. Please investigate the IOC information available. This analytics rule analyzes Syslog streams.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Lateral Movement	`T1210` Exploitation of Remote Services

Rule body kusto

id: a8e2bfd2-5d9c-4acc-aa55-30029e50d574
name: VMware SD-WAN Edge - IDS/IPS Alert triggered (Syslog)
version: 1.0.0
kind: Scheduled
description: |-
  The VMware SD-WAN Edge appliance captured a potentially malicious traffic flow. Please investigate the IOC information available.

  This analytics rule analyzes Syslog streams.
severity: High
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: VMwareSDWAN
    dataTypes:
      - SDWAN
tactics:
- LateralMovement
relevantTechniques:
- T1210
query: |-
  Syslog
  | where SyslogMessage contains "VCF Alert"
  | project-rename EdgeName=HostName
  | project-away Computer, HostIP, SourceSystem, Type
  | extend IdpsSignatureName = extract("SIGNATURE=(.+) CATEGORY=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend IdpsAlertCategory = extract("CATEGORY=(.+) SEVERITY=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend IdpsAlertSeverity = extract("SEVERITY=(.+) SRC_IP=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend IdpsSignatureId = extract("SIG_ID=([0-9]+) SIGNATURE=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend OverlaySegmentName = extract("SEGMENT_NAME=(.+) SIG_ID=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend IpProtocol = extract("PROTO=([A-Z]+) SRC=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend SrcIpAddress = extract("SRC=(.+) DST=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend SrcPort = extract("SPT=([0-9]+) DPT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend DstIpAddress = extract("DST=(.+) SPT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend DstPort = extract("DPT=(.+) DEST_DOMAIN=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend VictimIp = extract("TARGET_IP=(.+) TARGET_PORT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend AttackerIp = extract("SRC_IP=(.+) SRC_PORT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend DomainName = extract("DEST_DOMAIN=(.+) FW_POLICY_NAME=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend EdgeFwAction = extract("ATP_ACTION=(.+) SEGMENT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend SyslogTag = extract("$(.+): ACTION=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | extend FwPolicyName = extract("FW_POLICY_NAME=(.+) SEGMENT_NAME=", 1, SyslogMessage)
  | project
      TimeGenerated,
      IdpsSignatureName,
      IdpsAlertSeverity,
      IdpsAlertCategory,
      IdpsSignatureId,
      EdgeFwAction,
      EdgeName,
      SrcIpAddress,
      IpProtocol,
      SrcPort,
      DstIpAddress,
      DstPort,
      DomainName,
      AttackerIp,
      VictimIp,
      FwPolicyName,
      SyslogTag
suppressionEnabled: false
incidentConfiguration:
  createIncident: true
  groupingConfiguration:
    enabled: true
    reopenClosedIncident: false
    lookbackDuration: 1h
    matchingMethod: AllEntities
    groupByEntities: []
    groupByAlertDetails: []
    groupByCustomDetails: []
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
customDetails:
  IDPS_Signature: IdpsSignatureName
  IDPS_Event_Category: IdpsAlertCategory
  Edge_Name: EdgeName
entityMappings:
- entityType: DNS
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: DomainName
    columnName: DomainName
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Address
    columnName: VictimIp
suppressionDuration: 5h

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `source`

Syslog

Stage 2: `where`

| where SyslogMessage contains "VCF Alert"

Stage 3: `project-rename`

| project-rename EdgeName=HostName

Stage 4: `project-away`

| project-away Computer, HostIP, SourceSystem, Type

Stage 5: `extend` (16 consecutive steps)

| extend IdpsSignatureName = extract("SIGNATURE=(.+) CATEGORY=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend IdpsAlertCategory = extract("CATEGORY=(.+) SEVERITY=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend IdpsAlertSeverity = extract("SEVERITY=(.+) SRC_IP=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend IdpsSignatureId = extract("SIG_ID=([0-9]+) SIGNATURE=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend OverlaySegmentName = extract("SEGMENT_NAME=(.+) SIG_ID=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend IpProtocol = extract("PROTO=([A-Z]+) SRC=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend SrcIpAddress = extract("SRC=(.+) DST=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend SrcPort = extract("SPT=([0-9]+) DPT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend DstIpAddress = extract("DST=(.+) SPT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend DstPort = extract("DPT=(.+) DEST_DOMAIN=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend VictimIp = extract("TARGET_IP=(.+) TARGET_PORT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend AttackerIp = extract("SRC_IP=(.+) SRC_PORT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend DomainName = extract("DEST_DOMAIN=(.+) FW_POLICY_NAME=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend EdgeFwAction = extract("ATP_ACTION=(.+) SEGMENT=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend SyslogTag = extract("$(.+): ACTION=", 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend FwPolicyName = extract("FW_POLICY_NAME=(.+) SEGMENT_NAME=", 1, SyslogMessage)

Stage 6: `project`

| project
    TimeGenerated,
    IdpsSignatureName,
    IdpsAlertSeverity,
    IdpsAlertCategory,
    IdpsSignatureId,
    EdgeFwAction,
    EdgeName,
    SrcIpAddress,
    IpProtocol,
    SrcPort,
    DstIpAddress,
    DstPort,
    DomainName,
    AttackerIp,
    VictimIp,
    FwPolicyName,
    SyslogTag

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`SyslogMessage`	contains	`VCF Alert`

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`AttackerIp`	`project`
`DomainName`	`project`
`DstIpAddress`	`project`
`DstPort`	`project`
`EdgeFwAction`	`project`
`EdgeName`	`project`
`FwPolicyName`	`project`
`IdpsAlertCategory`	`project`
`IdpsAlertSeverity`	`project`
`IdpsSignatureId`	`project`
`IdpsSignatureName`	`project`
`IpProtocol`	`project`
`SrcIpAddress`	`project`
`SrcPort`	`project`
`SyslogTag`	`project`
`TimeGenerated`	`project`
`VictimIp`	`project`

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`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
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`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
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`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
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`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
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`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

VMware SD-WAN Edge - IDS/IPS Alert triggered (Syslog)

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `project-rename`

Stage 4: `project-away`

Stage 5: `extend` (16 consecutive steps)

Stage 6: `project`

Indicators

Output fields

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VMware SD-WAN Edge - IDS/IPS Alert triggered (Syslog)

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: project-rename

Stage 4: project-away

Stage 5: extend (16 consecutive steps)

Stage 6: project

Indicators

Output fields

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `project-rename`

Stage 4: `project-away`

Stage 5: `extend` (16 consecutive steps)

Stage 6: `project`