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Microsoft IIS Connection Strings Decryption

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Microsoft IIS Connection Strings Decryption

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Identifies use of aspnet_regiis to decrypt Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) connection strings. An attacker with Microsoft IIS web server access via a web shell or alike can decrypt and dump any hardcoded connection strings, such as the MSSQL service account password using aspnet_regiis command.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • logs-windows.*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 33

References:

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Windows
  • Threat Detection
  • Credential Access

Version: 5

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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## Config

If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2, events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until 8.2, so you will need to add a custom pipeline to populate `event.ingested` to @timestamp for this rule to work.

Rule query

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process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
  (process.name : "aspnet_regiis.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "aspnet_regiis.exe") and
  process.args : "connectionStrings" and process.args : "-pdf"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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