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Exchange PowerShell Snap-Ins Usage
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
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Exchange PowerShell Snap-Ins Usage
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Exchange PowerShell Snap-Ins Usage
id: 25676e10-2121-446e-80a4-71ff8506af47
status: test
description: Detects adding and using Exchange PowerShell snap-ins to export mailbox data. As seen used by HAFNIUM and APT27
references:
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/03/02/active-exploitation-of-microsoft-exchange-zero-day-vulnerabilities/
- https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/02/hafnium-targeting-exchange-servers/
- https://www.intrinsec.com/apt27-analysis/
author: FPT.EagleEye, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-03-03
modified: 2023-03-24
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1059.001
- attack.collection
- attack.t1114
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith:
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
- OriginalFileName:
- 'PowerShell.EXE'
- 'pwsh.dll'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains: 'Add-PSSnapin'
selection_module:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'Microsoft.Exchange.Powershell.Snapin'
- 'Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.SnapIn'
filter_msiexec:
# ParentCommandLine: C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C9138ECE2536CB4821EB5F55D300D88E E Global\MSI0000
ParentImage: 'C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe'
CommandLine|contains: '$exserver=Get-ExchangeServer ([Environment]::MachineName) -ErrorVariable exerr 2> $null'
condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_powershell_snapins_hafnium.yml