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Adfind Execution (Windows Event Log)
AdFind is a free command-line query tool that can be used for gathering information from Active Directory. This use case looks for process executions of Adfind
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
References
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Rule body yaml
id: '6143.6640'
title: Adfind Execution
description: 'AdFind is a free command-line query tool that can be used for gathering
information from Active Directory. This use case looks for process executions of
Adfind. -- Threat Actor Association: APT29/Nobelium/Cozy Bear, APT31, BlackMatter,
Conti, DarkSide, FIN6, FIN7, FIN12, Karakurt, Lazarus, Traveling Spider, Wizard
Spider, Yanluowang - Software Association: ALPHV/BlackCat, BazarLoader, Conti, Dridex,
Entropy, Lockbit, Nefilim, Quantum, Sodinokibi/REvil - Atomics T1016 Test #6 Atomics
T1018 Test#10 Atomics T1018 Test#11 Atomics T1069.002 Test #8 Atomics T1087.002
Test #5 Atomics T1087.002 Test #6 Atomics T1087.002 Test #7 Atomics T1087.002 Test
#8'
logic_format: Splunk
logic: '`get_endpoint_data` `get_endpoint_data_winevent` (TERM(EventCode=4688) OR
"<EventID>4688<" OR Type=Process OR TERM(ingress.event.procstart)) "adfind" | table
_time, host, user user, process, process_*, parent_* | bin span=5s | stats values(*)
as * by _time, host | where event_count > 0 '
techniques:
- discovery:account discovery:domain account
- discovery:permission groups discovery:domain groups
- discovery:domain trust discovery
- discovery:system network configuration discovery
- discovery:remote system discovery
technique_id:
- T1087.002
- T1069.002
- T1482
- T1016
- T1018
data_category:
- Windows event logs
references:
- https://redcanary.com/blog/how-one-hospital-thwarted-a-ryuk-ransomware-outbreak/
- https://thedfirreport.com/2020/10/08/ryuks-return/
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/04/pick-six-intercepting-a-fin6-intrusion.html
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: search
`get_endpoint_data` `get_endpoint_data_winevent` (TERM(EventCode=4688) OR "<EventID>4688<" OR Type=Process OR TERM(ingress.event.procstart)) "adfind"
Stage 2: table
| table _time, host, user user, process, process_*, parent_*
Stage 3: bucket
| bin span=5s
Stage 4: stats
| stats values(*) as * by _time, host
Stage 5: where
| where event_count > 0
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 |
|---|---|---|
EventCode | eq |
|
event_count | gt |
|
Search terms
Bare-string tokens in the SPL search body. Splunk matches each token against _raw (the untyped raw event text) anywhere it appears, not against a specific field. These don't surface in the Indicators table because they aren't predicates on a known field.
| Stage | Term |
|---|---|
| 1 | TERM |
| 1 | "<EventID>4688<" |
| 1 | TERM |
| 1 | ingress.event.procstart |
| 1 | "adfind" |