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CVE-2021-33766 Exchange ProxyToken Exploitation

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

Detects the exploitation of Microsoft Exchange ProxyToken vulnerability as described in CVE-2021-33766

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

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Rule body

title: CVE-2021-33766 Exchange ProxyToken Exploitation
id: 56973b50-3382-4b56-bdf5-f51a3183797a
status: test
description: Detects the exploitation of Microsoft Exchange ProxyToken vulnerability as described in CVE-2021-33766
references:
    - https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2021/8/30/proxytoken-an-authentication-bypass-in-microsoft-exchange-server
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Max Altgelt (Nextron Systems), Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-08-30
modified: 2023-01-02
tags:
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.t1190
    - cve.2021-33766
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: webserver
detection:
    selection_1:
        cs-method: 'POST'
        cs-uri-query|contains|all:
            - '/ecp/'
            - '/RulesEditor/InboxRules.svc/NewObject'
        sc-status: 500
    selection_2:
        cs-uri-query|contains|all:
            - 'SecurityToken='
            - '/ecp/'
        sc-status: 500
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: critical

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

1 of selection_*

Stage 1: selection_1

selection_1:
    cs-method: 'POST'
    cs-uri-query|contains|all:
        - '/ecp/'
        - '/RulesEditor/InboxRules.svc/NewObject'
    sc-status: 500

Stage 2: selection_2

selection_2:
    cs-uri-query|contains|all:
        - 'SecurityToken='
        - '/ecp/'
    sc-status: 500

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
cs-methodeq
  • POST
field:"cs-method" kind:eq value:"POST"
cs-uri-querymatch
  • /RulesEditor/InboxRules.svc/NewObject
  • /ecp/
  • SecurityToken=
field:"cs-uri-query" kind:match
sc-statuseq
  • 500
field:"sc-status" kind:eq value:"500"