Emerging Threatcriticaltest

Successful Exchange ProxyShell Attack

Detects URP patterns and status codes that indicate a successful ProxyShell exploitation attack against Exchange servers

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Rich WarrenCreated Mon Aug 09Updated Mon Jan 02992be1eb-e5da-437e-9a54-6d13b57bb4d82021
Emerging Threat
Active Threat

Developed to detect an active or emerging threat. Prioritize investigation of any alerts and correlate with threat intelligence.

Log Source
Web Server Log
CategoryWeb Server Log← raw: webserver

HTTP access logs from web servers capturing request paths, methods, and status codes.

Detection Logic
Detection Logic3 selectors
detection:
    selection_auto:
        cs-uri-query|contains: '/autodiscover.json'
    selection_uri:
        cs-uri-query|contains:
            - '/powershell'
            - '/mapi/nspi'
            - '/EWS'
            - 'X-Rps-CAT'
    selection_success:
        sc-status:
            - 200
            - 301
    condition: selection_auto and selection_uri and selection_success
False Positives
Unknown

False positive likelihood has not been assessed. Additional context may be needed during triage.

MITRE ATT&CK

Other

detection.emerging-threats
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
992be1eb-e5da-437e-9a54-6d13b57bb4d8
Status
test
Level
critical
Type
Emerging Threat
Created
Mon Aug 09
Modified
Mon Jan 02
Path
rules-emerging-threats/2021/Exploits/ProxyShell-Exploit/web_exchange_proxyshell_successful.yml
Raw Tags
attack.initial-accessdetection.emerging-threats
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