Windows Rundll32 WebDAV Request
Description
The following analytic identifies rundll32.exe with the commandline arguments loading davclnt.dll function - davsetcookie - to be used to access a remote WebDav instance. This particular behavior was recently showcased in CVE-2023-23397.
- Type: TTP
- Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Datamodel: Endpoint
- Last Updated: 2023-03-15
- Author: Michael Haag, Splunk
- ID: 320099b7-7eb1-4153-a2b4-decb53267de2
Annotations
ATT&CK
Kill Chain Phase
- Actions On Objectives
NIST
- DE.CM
CIS20
- CIS 10
CVE
ID | Summary | CVSS |
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CVE-2023-23397 | Microsoft Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | None |
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| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process_name=rundll32.exe Processes.process IN ("*\\windows\\system32\\davclnt.dll,*davsetcookie*","*\\windows\\syswow64\\davclnt.dll,*davsetcookie*") by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process_name Processes.process_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `windows_rundll32_webdav_request_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
windows_rundll32_webdav_request_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.dest
- Processes.user
- Processes.parent_process_name
- Processes.parent_process
- Processes.original_file_name
- Processes.process_name
- Processes.process
- Processes.process_id
- Processes.parent_process_path
- Processes.process_path
- Processes.parent_process_id
How To Implement
The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search, you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process. Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the Processes
node of the Endpoint
data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field names and speed up the data modeling process.
Known False Positives
False positives will be present based on legitimate software, filtering may need to occur.
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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48.0 | 80 | 60 | An instance of $parent_process_name$ spawning $process_name$ was identified on endpoint $dest$ by user $user$ attempting to contact a remote WebDav server. |
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
- https://strontic.github.io/xcyclopedia/library/davclnt.dll-0EA3050E7CC710526E330C413C165DA0.html
- https://twitter.com/ACEResponder/status/1636116096506818562?s=20
- https://twitter.com/domchell/status/1635999068282408962?s=20
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/microsoft-mitigates-outlook-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability/
- https://www.pwndefend.com/2023/03/15/the-long-game-persistent-hash-theft/
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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