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Potential XXE Exploitation Attempt In JVM Based Application
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Potential XXE Exploitation Attempt In JVM Based Application
Using Splunk · Default · pySigma 1.3.3
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion1.3.3
title: Potential XXE Exploitation Attempt In JVM Based Application
id: c4e06896-e27c-4583-95ac-91ce2279345d
status: test
description: Detects XML parsing issues, if the application expects to work with XML make sure that the parser is initialized safely.
references:
- https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-2755
- https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/XML_External_Entity_(XXE)_Processing
- https://www.wix.engineering/post/threat-and-vulnerability-hunting-with-application-server-error-logs
author: Moti Harmats
date: 2023-02-11
tags:
- attack.initial-access
- attack.t1190
logsource:
category: application
product: jvm
definition: 'Requirements: application error logs must be collected (with LOG_LEVEL=ERROR and above)'
detection:
keywords:
- 'SAXParseException'
- 'DOMException'
condition: keywords
falsepositives:
- If the application expects to work with XML there may be parsing issues that don't necessarily mean XXE.
level: high
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/application/jvm/java_xxe_exploitation_attempt.yml