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Network Connection via Certutil
editNetwork Connection via Certutil
editIdentifies certutil.exe making a network connection. Adversaries could abuse certutil.exe to download a certificate, or malware, from a remote URL.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Command and Control
Version: 6 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.14.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editsequence by process.entity_id [process where process.name : "certutil.exe" and event.type == "start"] [network where process.name : "certutil.exe" and not cidrmatch(destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "127.0.0.0/8", "169.254.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.0.0.0/24", "192.0.0.0/29", "192.0.0.8/32", "192.0.0.9/32", "192.0.0.10/32", "192.0.0.170/32", "192.0.0.171/32", "192.0.2.0/24", "192.31.196.0/24", "192.52.193.0/24", "192.168.0.0/16", "192.88.99.0/24", "224.0.0.0/4", "100.64.0.0/10", "192.175.48.0/24", "198.18.0.0/15", "198.51.100.0/24", "203.0.113.0/24", "240.0.0.0/4", "::1", "FE80::/10", "FF00::/8")]
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Command and Control
- ID: TA0011
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/
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Technique:
- Name: Ingress Tool Transfer
- ID: T1105
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105/
Rule version history
edit- Version 6 (7.14.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
sequence by process.entity_id [process where process.name : "certutil.exe" and event.type == "start"] [network where process.name : "certutil.exe" and not cidrmatch(destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.168.0.0/16")]
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- Version 5 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.10.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:network and event.type:connection and process.name:certutil.exe and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16)
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- Version 3 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.name:certutil.exe and event.action:"Network connection detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and not destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16)
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