Atomic Red Team

Description

Atomic Test Results: Return value unclear for test T1546.003-1 Persistence via WMI Event Subscription

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1546.003 Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory atomic_red_team
Test Date 2020-12-08

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1546.003/atomic_red_team/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
WMI Permanent Event Subscription - Sysmon TTP Endpoint T1546.003 Suspicious WMI Use
Detect WMI Event Subscription Persistence TTP Endpoint T1546.003 Suspicious WMI Use, Hellcat Ransomware
Windows MOF Event Triggered Execution via WMI TTP Endpoint T1546.003 Living Off The Land, 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/T1546.003/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

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


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0