Suspicious JetBrains TeamCity Child Process

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Suspicious JetBrains TeamCity Child Process

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Identifies suspicious processes being spawned by the JetBrain TeamCity process. This activity could be related to JetBrains remote code execution vulnerabilities.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.process-*
  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-windows.*
  • endgame-*
  • logs-system.security*
  • logs-m365_defender.event-*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

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

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: Windows
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Initial Access
  • Data Source: Elastic Endgame
  • Use Case: Vulnerability
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend
  • Data Source: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Version: 2

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
  process.parent.executable :
                 ("?:\\TeamCity\\jre\\bin\\java.exe",
                  "?:\\Program Files\\TeamCity\\jre\\bin\\java.exe",
                  "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\TeamCity\\jre\\bin\\java.exe",
                  "?:\\TeamCity\\BuildAgent\\jre\\bin\\java.exe") and
  process.name : ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "msiexec.exe", "certutil.exe", "bitsadmin.exe", "wmic.exe", "curl.exe", "ssh.exe",
                   "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe", "mshta.exe", "certreq.exe", "net.exe", "nltest.exe", "whoami.exe", "hostname.exe",
                   "tasklist.exe", "arp.exe", "nbtstat.exe", "netstat.exe", "reg.exe", "tasklist.exe", "Microsoft.Workflow.Compiler.exe",
                   "arp.exe", "atbroker.exe", "bginfo.exe", "bitsadmin.exe", "cdb.exe", "cmstp.exe", "control.exe", "cscript.exe", "csi.exe",
                   "dnx.exe", "dsget.exe", "dsquery.exe", "forfiles.exe", "fsi.exe", "ftp.exe", "gpresult.exe", "ieexec.exe", "iexpress.exe",
                   "installutil.exe", "ipconfig.exe","msxsl.exe", "netsh.exe", "odbcconf.exe", "ping.exe", "pwsh.exe", "qprocess.exe",
                   "quser.exe", "qwinsta.exe", "rcsi.exe", "regasm.exe", "regsvcs.exe", "regsvr32.exe", "sc.exe", "schtasks.exe",
                   "systeminfo.exe", "tracert.exe", "wmic.exe", "wscript.exe","xwizard.exe", "explorer.exe", "msdt.exe") and
 not (process.name : "powershell.exe" and process.args : "-ExecutionPolicy" and process.args : "?:\\TeamCity\\buildAgent\\work\\*.ps1") and
 not (process.name : "cmd.exe" and process.args : "dir" and process.args : "/-c")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM