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Exchange Exploitation CVE-2021-28480

Status
test
Severity
critical
Log source
category webserver
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects successful exploitation of Exchange vulnerability as reported in CVE-2021-28480

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial AccessT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Rule body yaml

title: Exchange Exploitation CVE-2021-28480
id: a2a9d722-0acb-4096-bccc-daaf91a5037b
status: test
description: Detects successful exploitation of Exchange vulnerability as reported in CVE-2021-28480
references:
    - https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/1392965209132871683?s=20
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-05-14
modified: 2023-01-02
tags:
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.t1190
    - cve.2021-28480
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: webserver
detection:
    selection:
        cs-uri-query|contains: '/owa/calendar/a'
        cs-method: 'POST'
    filter_main_status:
        sc-status: 503
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: critical

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection and not 1 of filter_*

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    cs-uri-query|contains: '/owa/calendar/a'
    cs-method: 'POST'

Stage 2: not filter_main_status

filter_main_status:
    sc-status: 503

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

FieldKindExcluded values
sc-statuseq503

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.

FieldKindValues
cs-methodeq
  • POST
cs-uri-querymatch
  • /owa/calendar/a