Detection: JetBrains TeamCity RCE Attempt

Updated Date: 2024-08-16 ID: 89a58e5f-1365-4793-b45c-770abbb32b6c Author: Michael Haag, Splunk Type: TTP Product: Splunk Enterprise Security

Description

The following analytic detects attempts to exploit the CVE-2023-42793 vulnerability in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises. It identifies suspicious POST requests to /app/rest/users/id:1/tokens/RPC2, leveraging the Web datamodel to monitor specific URL patterns and HTTP methods. This activity is significant as it may indicate an unauthenticated attacker attempting to gain administrative access via Remote Code Execution (RCE). If confirmed malicious, this could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code, potentially compromising the entire TeamCity environment and leading to further unauthorized access and data breaches.

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2| tstats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Web where Web.url IN ("/app/rest/users/id:1/tokens/RPC2*") Web.status=200 Web.http_method=POST 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| `jetbrains_teamcity_rce_attempt_filter`

Data Source

Name Platform Sourcetype Source Supported App
Suricata N/A 'suricata' 'suricata' N/A

Macros Used

Name Value
security_content_ctime convert timeformat="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" ctime($field$)
jetbrains_teamcity_rce_attempt_filter search *
jetbrains_teamcity_rce_attempt_filter is an empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.

Annotations

- MITRE ATT&CK
+ Kill Chain Phases
+ NIST
+ CIS
- Threat Actors
ID Technique Tactic
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
KillChainPhase.DELIVERY
NistCategory.DE_CM
Cis18Value.CIS_13
APT28
APT29
APT39
APT41
APT5
Axiom
BackdoorDiplomacy
BlackTech
Blue Mockingbird
Cinnamon Tempest
Dragonfly
Earth Lusca
FIN13
FIN7
Fox Kitten
GALLIUM
GOLD SOUTHFIELD
HAFNIUM
Ke3chang
Kimsuky
Magic Hound
Moses Staff
MuddyWater
Rocke
Sandworm Team
Threat Group-3390
ToddyCat
Volatile Cedar
Volt Typhoon
menuPass

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
This configuration file applies to all detections of type TTP. These detections will use Risk Based Alerting and generate Notable Events.

Implementation

The following analytic requires the Web datamodel. Ensure data source is mapped correctly or modify and tune for your data source.

Known False Positives

If TeamCity is not in use, this analytic will not return results. Monitor and tune for your environment.

Associated Analytic Story

Risk Based Analytics (RBA)

Risk Message Risk Score Impact Confidence
Potential JetBrains TeamCity RCE Attempt detected against URL $url$ on $dest$. 81 90 90
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.

References

Detection Testing

Test Type Status Dataset Source Sourcetype
Validation ✅ Passing N/A N/A N/A
Unit ✅ Passing Dataset suricata suricata
Integration ✅ Passing Dataset suricata suricata

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