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RDP Enabled via Registry
editRDP Enabled via Registry
editIdentifies registry write modifications to enable Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access. This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement preparation.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Lateral Movement
Version: 5 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.1.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editregistry where event.type in ("creation", "change") and
registry.path : "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\*ControlSet*\\Control\\Terminal
Server\\fDenyTSConnections" and registry.data.strings : ("0",
"0x00000000") and not (process.name : "svchost.exe" and user.domain ==
"NT AUTHORITY") and not process.executable :
"C:\\Windows\\System32\\SystemPropertiesRemote.exe"
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/
Rule version history
edit- Version 5 (8.1.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
registry where registry.path : "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet*\\Control\\Terminal Server\\fDenyTSConnections" and registry.data.strings == "0" and not (process.name : "svchost.exe" and user.domain == "NT AUTHORITY") and not process.executable : "C:\\Windows\\System32\\SystemPropertiesRemote.exe"
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- Version 4 (7.16.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only