Execution of File With Spaces Before Extension
THIS IS A DEPRECATED DETECTION
This detection has been marked deprecated by the Splunk Threat Research team. This means that it will no longer be maintained or supported.
Description
This search looks for processes launched from files with at least five spaces in the name before the extension. This is typically done to obfuscate the file extension by pushing it outside of the default view.
- Type: TTP
- Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Datamodel: Endpoint
- Last Updated: 2020-11-19
- Author: Rico Valdez, Splunk
- ID: ab0353e6-a956-420b-b724-a8b4846d5d5a
Annotations
Kill Chain Phase
- Actions on Objectives
NIST
- DE.CM
- PR.PT
- PR.IP
CIS20
- CIS 3
- CIS 8
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| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count values(Processes.process_path) as process_path min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process = "* .*" by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.process Processes.process_name
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `execution_of_file_with_spaces_before_extension_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
execution_of_file_with_spaces_before_extension_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.
- _time
- Processes.process_path
- Processes.process
- Processes.dest
- Processes.user
- Processes.process_name
How To Implement
To successfully implement this search, you must be ingesting data that records process activity from your hosts to populate the endpoint data model in the processes node. If you are using Sysmon, you must have at least version 6.0.4 of the Sysmon TA.
Known False Positives
None identified.
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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25.0 | 50 | 50 | tbd |
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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