Restricted Software Access By SRP

Status: test
Severity: high
Log source: product windows, service application
Author: frack113
Source: github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects restricted access to applications by the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) policy

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Execution	`T1072` Software Deployment Tools
Lateral Movement	`T1072` Software Deployment Tools

Event coverage

Provider	Event	Title
SoftwareRestrictionPolicies	Event ID 865	Access to AttemptedPath has been restricted by your Administrator by the default software restriction policy level.
SoftwareRestrictionPolicies	Event ID 866	Access to AttemptedPath has been restricted by your Administrator by location with policy rule SrpRuleGuid placed on path RulePath.
SoftwareRestrictionPolicies	Event ID 867	Access to AttemptedPath has been restricted by your Administrator by software publisher policy.
SoftwareRestrictionPolicies	Event ID 868	Access to AttemptedPath has been restricted by your Administrator by policy rule SrpRuleGuid.
SoftwareRestrictionPolicies	Event ID 882	Access to AttemptedPath has been restricted by your Administrator by policy rule SrpRuleGuid.

Rule body yaml

title: Restricted Software Access By SRP
id: b4c8da4a-1c12-46b0-8a2b-0a8521d03442
status: test
description: Detects restricted access to applications by the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) policy
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/software-restriction-policies/software-restriction-policies
    - https://github.com/nasbench/EVTX-ETW-Resources/blob/7a806a148b3d9d381193d4a80356016e6e8b1ee8/ETWEventsList/CSV/Windows11/22H2/W11_22H2_Pro_20220920_22621.382/Providers/Microsoft-Windows-AppXDeployment-Server.csv
author: frack113
date: 2023-01-12
tags:
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1072
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: application
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Microsoft-Windows-SoftwareRestrictionPolicies'
        EventID:
            - 865 # Access to %1 has been restricted by your Administrator by the default software restriction policy level
            - 866 # Access to %1 has been restricted by your Administrator by location with policy rule %2 placed on path %3.
            - 867 # Access to %1 has been restricted by your Administrator by software publisher policy.
            - 868 # Access to %1 has been restricted by your Administrator by policy rule %2.
            - 882 # Access to %1 has been restricted by your Administrator by policy rule %2.
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: `condition`

selection

Stage 1: `selection`

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Microsoft-Windows-SoftwareRestrictionPolicies'
    EventID:
        - 865
        - 866
        - 867
        - 868
        - 882

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
`Provider_Name`	eq	`Microsoft-Windows-SoftwareRestrictionPolicies`

`j` / `k`	Scroll down / up
`d` / `u`	Half-page down / up
`gg` / `G`	Top / bottom
`h` / `l`	History back / forward
`f`	Follow link (`Shift` = new tab)
`/`	Focus search
`?`	Toggle this help
`↑` / `↓`	Navigate search results
`Enter`	Open highlighted result
`Esc`	Close results / dialog

`type:`	`events` / `rules` / `providers`
`vendor:`	`sigma` / `elastic` / `splunk` / `kusto` / `chronicle` (vendor name alone also works: `sigma:`, `kql:`, `secops:`…)
`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:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`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`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
`kind:`	Filter by predicate kind. Narrows rule cards to those carrying a matching predicate leaf (`vendor:elastic kind:cidr_match`) and drives the indicator tier: `contains` / `starts_with` / `ends_with` / `regex` / `cidr` / `eq` / `in` … (operator aliases `op:`/`match:`)
`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-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"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

Restricted Software Access By SRP

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: `condition`

Stage 1: `selection`

Indicators

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Restricted Software Access By SRP

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

Stage 1: selection

Indicators

Stage 0: `condition`

Stage 1: `selection`