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will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Potential Remote Desktop Tunneling Detected
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Potential Remote Desktop Tunneling Detected
editIdentifies potential use of an SSH utility to establish RDP over a reverse SSH Tunnel. This can be used by attackers to enable routing of network packets that would otherwise not reach their intended destination.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Command and Control
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.16.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and /* RDP
port and usual SSH tunneling related switches in command line */
process.args : "*:3389" and process.args : ("-L", "-P", "-R", "-pw",
"-ssh")
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Command and Control
- ID: TA0011
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/
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Technique:
- Name: Protocol Tunneling
- ID: T1572
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1572/
Rule version history
edit- Version 4 (7.16.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started", "info") and /* RDP port and usual SSH tunneling related switches in commandline */ wildcard(process.args, "*:3389") and wildcard(process.args,"-L", "-P", "-R", "-pw", "-ssh")
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- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started", "info") and /* RDP port and usual SSH tunneling related switches in commandline */ wildcard(process.args, "*:3389") and wildcard(process.args,"-L", "-P", "-R", "-pw", "-ssh")
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