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Incoming DCOM Lateral Movement with MMC
editIncoming DCOM Lateral Movement with MMC
editIdentifies the use of Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) to run commands from a remote host, which are launched via the MMC20 Application COM Object. This behavior may indicate an attacker abusing a DCOM application to move laterally.
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: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Lateral Movement
- Tactic: Defense Evasion
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
Version: 106
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editsequence by host.id with maxspan=1m
[network where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and process.name : "mmc.exe" and source.port >= 49152 and
destination.port >= 49152 and source.ip != "127.0.0.1" and source.ip != "::1" and
network.direction : ("incoming", "ingress") and network.transport == "tcp"
] by process.entity_id
[process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and process.parent.name : "mmc.exe"
] by process.parent.entity_id
Framework: 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/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Distributed Component Object Model
- ID: T1021.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/003/
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: System Binary Proxy Execution
- ID: T1218
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: MMC
- ID: T1218.014
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/014/