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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