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PUA - Chisel Tunneling Tool Execution
Detects usage of the Chisel tunneling tool via the commandline arguments
Known false positives
- Some false positives may occur with other tools with similar commandlines
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Command & Control |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688: A new process has been created. |
Rule body
title: PUA - Chisel Tunneling Tool Execution
id: 8b0e12da-d3c3-49db-bb4f-256703f380e5
related:
- id: cf93e05e-d798-4d9e-b522-b0248dc61eaf
type: similar
status: test
description: Detects usage of the Chisel tunneling tool via the commandline arguments
references:
- https://github.com/jpillora/chisel/
- https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/lorenz-ransomware-chiseling-in/
- https://blog.sekoia.io/lucky-mouse-incident-response-to-detection-engineering/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-09-13
modified: 2023-02-13
tags:
- attack.command-and-control
- attack.t1090.001
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
Image|endswith: '\chisel.exe'
selection_param1:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'exe client '
- 'exe server '
selection_param2:
CommandLine|contains:
- '-socks5'
- '-reverse'
- ' r:'
- ':127.0.0.1:'
- '-tls-skip-verify '
- ':socks'
condition: selection_img or all of selection_param*
falsepositives:
- Some false positives may occur with other tools with similar commandlines
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selection_img or all of selection_param*Stage 1: selection_img
selection_img:
Image|endswith: '\chisel.exe'
Stage 2: selection_param1
selection_param1:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'exe client '
- 'exe server '
Stage 3: selection_param2
selection_param2:
CommandLine|contains:
- '-socks5'
- '-reverse'
- ' r:'
- ':127.0.0.1:'
- '-tls-skip-verify '
- ':socks'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:match |
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with value:"\chisel.exe" |