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Description

In Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) versions below 7.1.2, an attacker can use investigation attachments to perform a denial of service (DoS) to the Investigation. The attachment endpoint does not properly limit the size of the request which lets an attacker cause the Investigation to become inaccessible.

  • Type: TTP

  • Product: Splunk Enterprise Security

  • Last Updated: 2024-01-04
  • Author: Rod Soto, Eric McGinnis, Chase Franklin
  • ID: bb85b25e-2d6b-4e39-bd27-50db42edcb8f

Annotations

ATT&CK

ATT&CK

ID Technique Tactic
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Kill Chain Phase
  • Actions On Objectives
NIST
  • DE.CM
CIS20
  • CIS 10
CVE
ID Summary CVSS
CVE-2024-22164 In Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) versions below 7.1.2, an attacker can use investigation attachments to perform a denial of service (DoS) to the Investigation. The attachment endpoint does not properly limit the size of the request which lets an attacker cause the Investigation to become inaccessible. None 


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`splunkd_investigation_rest_handler` status=error object=investigation 
| stats min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(status) as status values(msg) as msg values(id) as investigation_id by user 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
| `splunk_es_dos_through_investigation_attachments_filter`

Macros

The SPL above uses the following Macros:

:information_source: splunk_es_dos_through_investigation_attachments_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.

Required fields

List of fields required to use this analytic.

  • user
  • status
  • msg
  • id
  • object

How To Implement

This search requires access to internal indexes, only affects Enterprise Security versions below 7.1.2.

Known False Positives

This search will show the exact DoS event via error message and investigation id. The error however does not point exactly at the uploader as any users associated with the investigation will be affected. Operator must investigate using investigation id the possible origin of the malicious upload. Attack only affects specific investigation not the investigation manager.

Associated Analytic Story

RBA

Risk Score Impact Confidence Message
100.0 100 100 Denial of Service detected at Splunk ES affecting $user$

:information_source: The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.

Reference

Test Dataset

Replay any dataset to Splunk Enterprise by using our replay.py tool or the UI. Alternatively you can replay a dataset into a Splunk Attack Range

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