ID | Technique | Tactic |
---|---|---|
T1133 | External Remote Services | Initial Access |
T1190 | Exploit Public-Facing Application | Persistence |
T1210 | Exploitation of Remote Services | Initial Access |
T1068 | Exploitation for Privilege Escalation | Lateral Movement |
Detection: VMWare Aria Operations Exploit Attempt
Description
The following analytic detects potential exploitation attempts against VMWare vRealize Network Insight, specifically targeting the CVE-2023-20887 vulnerability. It monitors web traffic for HTTP POST requests directed at the vulnerable endpoint "/saas./resttosaasservlet." This detection leverages web traffic data, focusing on specific URL patterns and HTTP methods. Identifying this behavior is crucial for a SOC as it indicates an active exploit attempt. If confirmed malicious, the attacker could execute arbitrary code, leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or further network compromise.
Search
1
2| tstats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Web where Web.url IN ("*/saas./resttosaasservlet*") Web.http_method=POST Web.status IN ("unknown", "200") by Web.http_user_agent, Web.status Web.http_method, Web.url, Web.url_length, Web.src, Web.dest, sourcetype
3| `drop_dm_object_name("Web")`
4| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
5| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
6| `vmware_aria_operations_exploit_attempt_filter`
Data Source
Name | Platform | Sourcetype | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Palo Alto Network Threat | Network | 'pan:threat' |
'pan:threat' |
Macros Used
Name | Value |
---|---|
security_content_ctime | convert timeformat="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" ctime($field$) |
vmware_aria_operations_exploit_attempt_filter | search * |
vmware_aria_operations_exploit_attempt_filter
is an empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Annotations
Default Configuration
This detection is configured by default in Splunk Enterprise Security to run with the following settings:
Setting | Value |
---|---|
Disabled | true |
Cron Schedule | 0 * * * * |
Earliest Time | -70m@m |
Latest Time | -10m@m |
Schedule Window | auto |
Creates Notable | Yes |
Rule Title | %name% |
Rule Description | %description% |
Notable Event Fields | user, dest |
Creates Risk Event | True |
Implementation
To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting web or proxy logs, or ensure it is being filled by a proxy like device, into the Web Datamodel. Restrict to specific dest assets to reduce false positives.
Known False Positives
False positives will be present based on gateways in use, modify the status field as needed.
Associated Analytic Story
Risk Based Analytics (RBA)
Risk Message | Risk Score | Impact | Confidence |
---|---|---|---|
An exploitation attempt has occurred against $dest$ from $src$ related to CVE-2023-20887 | 72 | 90 | 80 |
References
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https://viz.greynoise.io/tag/vmware-aria-operations-for-networks-rce-attempt?days=30
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https://summoning.team/blog/vmware-vrealize-network-insight-rce-cve-2023-20887/
Detection Testing
Test Type | Status | Dataset | Source | Sourcetype |
---|---|---|---|---|
Validation | ✅ Passing | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Unit | ✅ Passing | Dataset | pan:threat |
pan:threat |
Integration | ✅ Passing | Dataset | pan:threat |
pan:threat |
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
Source: GitHub | Version: 3