Windows Curl Upload to Remote Destination
Description
The following analytic identifies the use of Windows Curl.exe uploading a file to a remote destination.
-T
or --upload-file
is used when a file is to be uploaded to a remotge destination.
-d
or --data
POST is the HTTP method that was invented to send data to a receiving web application, and it is, for example, how most common HTML forms on the web work.
HTTP multipart formposts are done with -F
, but this appears to not be compatible with the Windows version of Curl. Will update if identified adversary tradecraft.
Adversaries may use one of the three methods based on the remote destination and what they are attempting to upload (zip vs txt). During triage, review parallel processes for further behavior. In addition, identify if the upload was successful in network logs. If a file was uploaded, isolate the endpoint and review.
- Type: TTP
- Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Datamodel: Endpoint
- Last Updated: 2021-11-10
- Author: Michael Haag, Splunk
- ID: 42f8f1a2-4228-11ec-aade-acde48001122
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Kill Chain Phase
- Exploitation
NIST
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| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where `process_curl` Processes.process IN ("*-T *","*--upload-file *", "*-d *", "*--data *", "*-F *") by Processes.dest Processes.user Processes.parent_process_name Processes.process_name Processes.original_file_name Processes.process Processes.process_id Processes.parent_process_id
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `windows_curl_upload_to_remote_destination_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
windows_curl_upload_to_remote_destination_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Supported Add-on (TA)
List of Splunk Add-on’s tested to work with the analytic.
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
To successfully implement this search you need to be ingesting information on process that include the name of the process responsible for the changes from your endpoints into the Endpoint
datamodel in the Processes
node. In addition, confirm the latest CIM App 4.20 or higher is installed and the latest TA for the endpoint product.
Known False Positives
False positives may be limited to source control applications and may be required to be filtered out.
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
---|---|---|---|
80.0 | 80 | 100 | An instance of $parent_process_name$ spawning $process_name$ was identified on endpoint $dest$ by user $user$ uploading a file to a remote destination. |
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://everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/uploads
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/containers/tar-and-curl-come-to-windows/ba-p/382409
- https://twitter.com/d1r4c/status/1279042657508081664?s=20
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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