CVE-2023-22518 Exploitation Attempt - Suspicious Confluence Child Process (Windows)
Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.
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1title: CVE-2023-22518 Exploitation Attempt - Suspicious Confluence Child Process (Windows)
2id: 1ddaa9a4-eb0b-4398-a9fe-7b018f9e23db
3related:
4 - id: f8987c03-4290-4c96-870f-55e75ee377f4
5 type: similar
6status: experimental
7description: |
8 Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2023-22518 (Confluence Data Center / Confluence Server), where an attacker can exploit vulnerable endpoints to e.g. create admin accounts and execute arbitrary commands.
9references:
10 - https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22518-improper-authorization-vulnerability-in-confluence-data-center-and-server-1311473907.html
11 - https://www.huntress.com/blog/confluence-to-cerber-exploitation-of-cve-2023-22518-for-ransomware-deployment
12 - https://github.com/ForceFledgling/CVE-2023-22518
13author: Andreas Braathen (mnemonic.io)
14date: 2023-11-14
15tags:
16 - detection.emerging-threats
17 - attack.execution
18 - attack.t1059
19 - attack.initial-access
20 - attack.t1190
21 - cve.2023-22518
22logsource:
23 category: process_creation
24 product: windows
25detection:
26 selection_parent:
27 ParentImage|endswith:
28 - '\tomcat8.exe'
29 - '\tomcat9.exe'
30 - '\tomcat10.exe'
31 ParentCommandLine|contains: 'confluence'
32 selection_child:
33 # Note: Only children associated with known campaigns
34 - Image|endswith:
35 - '\cmd.exe'
36 - '\powershell.exe'
37 - OriginalFileName:
38 - 'Cmd.Exe'
39 - 'PowerShell.EXE'
40 condition: all of selection_*
41falsepositives:
42 - Unknown
43level: medium
References
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Summary of Vulnerability 06 Nov 2023 As part of Atlassian's ongoing monitoring and investigation of this CVE, we observed several active exploits and reports of threat actors using ransomware. We ...
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