Eventlog Cleared
One of the Windows Eventlogs has been cleared. e.g. caused by "wevtutil cl" command execution
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1title: Eventlog Cleared
2id: a62b37e0-45d3-48d9-a517-90c1a1b0186b
3related:
4 - id: f2f01843-e7b8-4f95-a35a-d23584476423
5 type: obsolete
6 - id: d99b79d2-0a6f-4f46-ad8b-260b6e17f982
7 type: derived
8 - id: 100ef69e-3327-481c-8e5c-6d80d9507556
9 type: derived
10status: test
11description: One of the Windows Eventlogs has been cleared. e.g. caused by "wevtutil cl" command execution
12references:
13 - https://twitter.com/deviouspolack/status/832535435960209408
14 - https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/027cc450ef5f8c5f653329641ec1fed91f694e0d229928963b30f6b0d7d3a745?environmentId=100
15author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
16date: 2017-01-10
17modified: 2023-11-15
18tags:
19 - attack.defense-evasion
20 - attack.t1070.001
21 - car.2016-04-002
22logsource:
23 product: windows
24 service: system
25detection:
26 selection:
27 EventID: 104
28 Provider_Name: 'Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog'
29 filter_main_covered:
30 # The channels below are already covered by the rule 100ef69e-3327-481c-8e5c-6d80d9507556
31 Channel:
32 - 'Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational'
33 - 'Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational'
34 - 'PowerShellCore/Operational'
35 - 'Security'
36 - 'System'
37 - 'Windows PowerShell'
38 condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_*
39falsepositives:
40 - Rollout of log collection agents (the setup routine often includes a reset of the local Eventlog)
41 - System provisioning (system reset before the golden image creation)
42level: medium
References
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