File With Suspicious Extension Downloaded Via Bitsadmin
Detects usage of bitsadmin downloading a file with a suspicious extension
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1title: File With Suspicious Extension Downloaded Via Bitsadmin
2id: 5b80a791-ad9b-4b75-bcc1-ad4e1e89c200
3status: test
4description: Detects usage of bitsadmin downloading a file with a suspicious extension
5references:
6 - https://blog.netspi.com/15-ways-to-download-a-file/#bitsadmin
7 - https://isc.sans.edu/diary/22264
8 - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Bitsadmin/
9author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
10date: 2022-06-28
11modified: 2023-05-30
12tags:
13 - attack.persistence
14 - attack.execution
15 - attack.stealth
16 - attack.t1197
17 - attack.s0190
18 - attack.t1036.003
19 - attack.command-and-control
20 - attack.t1105
21logsource:
22 category: process_creation
23 product: windows
24detection:
25 selection_img:
26 - Image|endswith: '\bitsadmin.exe'
27 - OriginalFileName: 'bitsadmin.exe'
28 selection_flags:
29 CommandLine|contains:
30 - ' /transfer '
31 - ' /create '
32 - ' /addfile '
33 selection_extension:
34 CommandLine|contains:
35 - '.7z'
36 - '.asax'
37 - '.ashx'
38 - '.asmx'
39 - '.asp'
40 - '.aspx'
41 - '.bat'
42 - '.cfm'
43 - '.cgi'
44 - '.chm'
45 - '.cmd'
46 - '.dll'
47 - '.gif'
48 - '.jpeg'
49 - '.jpg'
50 - '.jsp'
51 - '.jspx'
52 - '.log'
53 - '.png'
54 - '.ps1'
55 - '.psm1'
56 - '.rar'
57 - '.scf'
58 - '.sct'
59 - '.txt'
60 - '.vbe'
61 - '.vbs'
62 - '.war'
63 - '.wsf'
64 - '.wsh'
65 - '.xll'
66 - '.zip'
67 condition: all of selection_*
68falsepositives:
69 - Unknown
70level: high
71regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_bitsadmin_download_susp_extensions/info.yml
72simulation:
73 - type: atomic-red-team
74 name: Windows - BITSAdmin BITS Download
75 technique: T1105
76 atomic_guid: a1921cd3-9a2d-47d5-a891-f1d0f2a7a31b
References
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