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.
- Type: TTP
- Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Datamodel: Web
- Last Updated: 2024-05-19
- Author: Michael Haag, Splunk
- ID: d5d865e4-03e6-43da-98f4-28a4f42d4df7
Annotations
ATT&CK
Kill Chain Phase
- Installation
- Delivery
- Exploitation
NIST
- DE.CM
CIS20
- CIS 13
CVE
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| 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
| `drop_dm_object_name("Web")`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `vmware_aria_operations_exploit_attempt_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
vmware_aria_operations_exploit_attempt_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.
- Web.http_method
- Web.url
- Web.url_length
- Web.src
- Web.dest
- Web.http_user_agent
How To Implement
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
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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72.0 | 90 | 80 | An exploitation attempt has occurred against $dest$ from $src$ related to CVE-2023-20887 |
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20887
- https://viz.greynoise.io/tag/vmware-aria-operations-for-networks-rce-attempt?days=30
- https://github.com/sinsinology/CVE-2023-20887
- https://summoning.team/blog/vmware-vrealize-network-insight-rce-cve-2023-20887/
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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