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Atomic Red Team

Date: 2020-11-09 ID: cc9b261b-efc9-11eb-926b-550bf0943fbb Author: Patrick Bareiss Environment: attack_range Directory: atomic_red_team

Description

Invoked AtomicTestHarnesses executing T1218.005 manually and via pester tests. Atomic Test Results: Successful Execution of test T1218.005-1 Mshta executes JavaScript Scheme Fetch Remote Payload With GetObject Return value unclear for test T1218.005-2 Mshta executes VBScript to execute malicious command Return value unclear for test T1218.005-3 Mshta Executes Remote HTML Application (HTA) Successful Execution of test T1218.005-4 Invoke HTML Application - Jscript Engine over Local UNC Simulating Lateral Movement Successful Execution of test T1218.005-5 Invoke HTML Application - Jscript Engine Simulating Double Click Successful Execution of test T1218.005-6 Invoke HTML Application - Direct download from URI Successful Execution of test T1218.005-7 Invoke HTML Application - JScript Engine with Rundll32 and Inline Protocol Handler Successful Execution of test T1218.005-8 Invoke HTML Application - JScript Engine with Inline Protocol Handler Successful Execution of test T1218.005-9 Invoke HTML Application - Simulate Lateral Movement over UNC Path

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1218.005 Mshta Stealth

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory atomic_red_team
Test Date 2020-11-09

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.005/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Mshta_tasks_windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.005/atomic_red_team/mshta_tasks_windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

No specific detections currently use this attack data for testing. However, you can find related detections and analytics in our security content repository.

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.005/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0