Batch File In System32

Description

Manual generation of attack data by playing a bat file in system32 folder of Windows.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory batch_file_in_system32
Test Date 2020-11-06

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1204.002/batch_file_in_system32/windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Batch File Write to System32 TTP Endpoint T1204.002 SamSam Ransomware, Compromised Windows Host

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1204.002/batch_file_in_system32/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

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


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0