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Mshta Making Network Connections
editMshta Making Network Connections
editIdentifies Mshta.exe making outbound network connections. This may indicate adversarial activity, as Mshta is often leveraged by adversaries to execute malicious scripts and evade detection.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-20m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References: None
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Defense Evasion
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
Version: 105
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editsequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=10m [process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and process.name : "mshta.exe" and not process.parent.name : "Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.exe" and not (process.parent.executable : "C:\\Amazon\\Amazon Assistant\\amazonAssistantService.exe" or process.parent.executable : "C:\\TeamViewer\\TeamViewer.exe") and not process.args : "ADSelfService_Enroll.hta"] [network where host.os.type == "windows" and process.name : "mshta.exe"]
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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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: Mshta
- ID: T1218.005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/005/