Potential OWASSRF Exploitation Attempt - Proxy

Detects exploitation attempt of the OWASSRF variant targeting exchange servers It uses the OWA endpoint to access the powershell backend endpoint

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 1title: Potential OWASSRF Exploitation Attempt - Proxy
 2id: 1ddf4596-1908-43c9-add2-1d2c2fcc4797
 3status: test
 4description: Detects exploitation attempt of the OWASSRF variant targeting exchange servers It uses the OWA endpoint to access the powershell backend endpoint
 5references:
 6    - https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/owassrf-exploit-analysis-and-recommendations/
 7    - https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/12/21/cve-2022-41080-cve-2022-41082-rapid7-observed-exploitation-of-owassrf-in-exchange-for-rce/
 8author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2022-12-22
10tags:
11    - attack.initial-access
12    - attack.t1190
13logsource:
14    category: proxy
15detection:
16    selection:
17        cs-method: 'POST'
18        sc-status: 200
19        c-uri|contains|all:
20            - '/owa/'
21            - '/powershell'
22        c-uri|contains:
23            - '@'
24            - '%40'
25    filter_main_ua:
26        c-useragent:
27            - 'ClientInfo'
28            - 'Microsoft WinRM Client'
29            - 'Exchange BackEnd Probes'
30    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
31falsepositives:
32    - Web vulnerability scanners
33level: high

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