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Insecure Proxy/DOH Transfer Via Curl.EXE

Status
test
Severity
medium
Log source
category process_creation, product windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects execution of "curl.exe" with the "insecure" flag over proxy or DOH.

Known false positives

  • Access to badly maintained internal or development systems

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionNo specific technique

Telemetry coverage

ProviderRecord / event type
SysmonEvent ID 1: Process creation

Rule body

title: Insecure Proxy/DOH Transfer Via Curl.EXE
id: 2c1486f5-02e8-4f86-9099-b97f2da4ed77
status: test
description: Detects execution of "curl.exe" with the "insecure" flag over proxy or DOH.
references:
    - https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-07-27
tags:
    - attack.execution
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\curl.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'curl.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '--doh-insecure'
            - '--proxy-insecure'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Access to badly maintained internal or development systems
level: medium
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_curl_insecure_proxy_or_doh/info.yml

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

all of selection_*

Stage 1: selection_img

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\curl.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'curl.exe'

Stage 2: selection_cli

selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '--doh-insecure'
        - '--proxy-insecure'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
CommandLinematch
  • --doh-insecure
  • --proxy-insecure
field:"CommandLine" kind:match
Imageends_with
  • \curl.exe corpus 31 (sigma 31)
field:"Image" kind:ends_with value:"\curl.exe"
OriginalFileNameeq
  • curl.exe corpus 24 (sigma 13, elastic 8, splunk 3)
field:"OriginalFileName" kind:eq value:"curl.exe"