RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) from the Internet
editRDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) from the Internet
editThis rule detects network events that may indicate the use of RDP traffic from the Internet. RDP is commonly used by system administrators to remotely control a system for maintenance or to use shared resources. It should almost never be directly exposed to the Internet, as it is frequently targeted and exploited by threat actors as an initial access or backdoor vector.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- filebeat-*
- packetbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Network
- Threat Detection
- Command and Control
- Host
Version: 12 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.2.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Potential false positives
editSome network security policies allow RDP directly from the Internet but usage that is unfamiliar to server or network owners can be unexpected and suspicious. RDP services may be exposed directly to the Internet in some networks such as cloud environments. In such cases, only RDP gateways, bastions or jump servers may be expected expose RDP directly to the Internet and can be exempted from this rule. RDP may be required by some work-flows such as remote access and support for specialized software products and servers. Such work-flows are usually known and not unexpected.
Rule query
editevent.category:(network or network_traffic) and network.transport:tcp and (destination.port:3389 or event.dataset:zeek.rdp) and not source.ip:( 10.0.0.0/8 or 127.0.0.0/8 or 169.254.0.0/16 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.0.0.0/24 or 192.0.0.0/29 or 192.0.0.8/32 or 192.0.0.9/32 or 192.0.0.10/32 or 192.0.0.170/32 or 192.0.0.171/32 or 192.0.2.0/24 or 192.31.196.0/24 or 192.52.193.0/24 or 192.168.0.0/16 or 192.88.99.0/24 or 224.0.0.0/4 or 100.64.0.0/10 or 192.175.48.0/24 or 198.18.0.0/15 or 198.51.100.0/24 or 203.0.113.0/24 or 240.0.0.0/4 or "::1" or "FE80::/10" or "FF00::/8" ) and destination.ip:( 10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 )
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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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/
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Tactic:
- Name: Initial Access
- ID: TA0001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/
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Technique:
- Name: Exploit Public-Facing Application
- ID: T1190
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1190/
Rule version history
edit- Version 12 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 11 (7.15.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 10 (7.14.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:(network or network_traffic) and network.transport:tcp and (destination.port:3389 or event.dataset:zeek.rdp) and not source.ip:( 10.0.0.0/8 or 127.0.0.0/8 or 169.254.0.0/16 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 or 224.0.0.0/4 or "::1" or "FE80::/10" or "FF00::/8" ) and destination.ip:( 10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 )
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- Version 8 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 7 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 6 (7.11.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:(network or network_traffic) and network.transport:tcp and (destination.port:3389 or event.dataset:zeek.rdp) and not source.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16) and destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 127.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 or "::1")
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- Version 5 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
network.transport:tcp and destination.port:3389 and not source.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16) and destination.ip:(10.0.0.0/8 or 127.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16 or "::1")
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- Version 3 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
network.transport: tcp and destination.port: 3389 and ( network.direction: inbound or ( not source.ip: (10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16) and destination.ip: (10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16) ) )
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- Version 2 (7.6.1 release)
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- Removed auditbeat-*, packetbeat-*, and winlogbeat-* from the rule indices.