Potential OWASSRF Exploitation Attempt - Webserver

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 - Webserver
 2id: 181f49fa-0b21-4665-a98c-a57025ebb8c7
 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
10modified: 2023-01-02
11tags:
12    - attack.initial-access
13    - attack.t1190
14    - detection.emerging-threats
15logsource:
16    category: webserver
17detection:
18    selection:
19        cs-method: 'POST'
20        sc-status: 200
21        cs-uri-query|contains|all:
22            - '/owa/'
23            - '/powershell'
24        cs-uri-query|contains:
25            - '@'
26            - '%40'
27    filter_main_ua:
28        cs-user-agent:
29            - 'ClientInfo'
30            - 'Microsoft WinRM Client'
31            - 'Exchange BackEnd Probes'
32    condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
33falsepositives:
34    - Web vulnerability scanners
35level: high

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