alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: write Sigma for An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, Amm
Matching passage: Sigma rule: An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, Amm. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Remote Access Tool - NetSupport Execution id: 758ff488-18d5-4cbe-8ec4-02b6285a434f status: test description: 'An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land) ' references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1219/T1219.md author: frack113 date: 2022-09-25 modified: 2023-03-06 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1219.002 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: - Description: NetSupport Client Configurator - Product: NetSupport Remote Control - Company: NetSupport Ltd - OriginalFileName: PCICFGUI.EXE condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate use level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the deletion of one or more VPC Flow Logs in AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) through the DeleteFlowLogs API call. Logsource: aws / cloudtrail. Rule: title: AWS VPC Flow Logs Deleted id: e386b9b5-af12-450e-afff-761730fb8a98 status: experimental description: 'Detects the deletion of one or more VPC Flow Logs in AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) through the DeleteFlowLogs API call. Adversaries may delete flow logs to evade detection or remove evidence of network activity, hindering forensic investigations and visibility into malicious operations. ' references: - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteFlowLogs.html - https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/delete-flow-logs.html - https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/security/prebuilt-rules/rules/integrations/aws/defense_evasion_ec2_flow_log_deletion author: Ivan Saakov date: 2025-10-19 tags: - attack.stealth logsource: product: aws service: cloudtrail detection: selection_event_name: eventName: DeleteFlowLogs selection_status_success: errorCode: Success selection_status_null: errorCode: null condition: selection_event_name and 1 of selection_status_* falsepositives: - During maintenance operations or testing, authorized administrators may delete VPC Flow Logs as part of routine network management or cleanup activities. level: high
Query: SOC runbook when seeing Outbound C2 pattern associated with Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
Matching passage: Playbook for T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol. 1) Validate alert telemetry against T1048. 2) Scope affected hosts and accounts. 3) Contain by isolating endpoint / disabling account if confirmed. 4) Hunt for related tactics: exfiltration. 5) Eradicate persistence and recover. Reference detection notes: Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over a different protocol than that of the existing command and control channel. The data may also be sent to an alternate network location from the main command and control server. Alternate protocols include FTP, SMTP, HTTP/S, DNS, SMB, or any other network protocol not being used as the main command and control channel. Adversaries may also opt to e
Near-miss passage: Playbook for T1048.002 Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol. Different response path focused on exfiltration.
Query: risk of Use-after-free vulnerability in the StyleAnimationValue class in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to hav
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4488. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 7.5. Use-after-free vulnerability in the StyleAnimationValue class in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by leveraging a StyleAnimationValue::operator self assignment.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2247. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 8.300000190734863. Unspecified vulnerability in Boosted Boards skateboards allows physically proximate attackers to modify skateboard movement, cause human injury, or cause physical damage via vectors related to an "injection attack" that blocks and hijacks a Bluetooth signal.
Query: detect Detects events in which someone prints the contents of history files to the commandline or redirects it to a file for re in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects events in which someone prints the contents of history files to the commandline or redirects it to a file for re. Logsource: linux / process_creation. Rule: title: Print History File Contents id: d7821ff1-4527-4e33-9f84-d0d57fa2fb66 status: test description: Detects events in which someone prints the contents of history files to the commandline or redirects it to a file for reconnaissance references: - https://github.com/sleventyeleven/linuxprivchecker/ - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1552.003/T1552.003.md author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-06-20 modified: 2022-09-15 tags: - attack.reconnaissance - attack.t1592.004 logsource: category: process_creation product: linux detection: selection: Image|endswith: - /cat - /head - /tail - /more selection_history: - CommandLine|contains: - /.bash_history - /.zsh_history - CommandLine|endswith: - _history - .history - zhistory condition: all of selection* falsepositives: - Legitimate administration activities level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects DNS queries made by the finger utility, which can be abused by threat actors to retrieve remote commands for exe. Logsource: windows / dns_query. Rule: title: DNS Query by Finger Utility id: c082c2b0-525b-4dbc-9a26-a57dc4692074 related: - id: 2fdaf50b-9fd5-449f-ba69-f17248119af6 type: similar - id: af491bca-e752-4b44-9c86-df5680533dbc type: similar status: experimental description: 'Detects DNS queries made by the finger utility, which can be abused by threat actors to retrieve remote commands for execution on Windows devices. In one ClickFix malware campaign, adversaries leveraged the finger protocol to fetch commands from a remote server. Since the finger utility is not commonly used in modern Windows environments, its presence already raises suspicion. Investigating such DNS queries can also help identify potential malicious infrastructure used by threat actors for command and control (C2) communication. ' references: - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/decades-old-finger-protocol-abused-in-clickfix-malware-attacks/ author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2025-11-19 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1071.004 - attack.execution - attack.t1059.003 logsource: product: windows category: dns_query detection: selection: Image|endswith: \finger.exe condition: selection falsepositives: - Unlikely level: high
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-4214
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4214. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 4.0. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 8.6(1.2) and 8.6(1.9) allows remote authenticated users to discover cleartext passwords by reading HTML source code, aka Bug ID CSCuu33050.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-3882. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 5.300000190734863. qdPM 8.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via invalid ID value to index.php/users/info/id/[ID], which reveals the installation path in an error message.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-7000
Matching passage: CVE-2015-7000. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 2.0999999046325684. Notification Center in Apple iOS before 9.1 mishandles changes to "Show on Lock Screen" settings, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by looking for a (1) Phone or (2) Messages notification on the lock screen soon after a setting was disabled.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-3969. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 5.0. Janitza UMG 508, 509, 511, 604, and 605 devices allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive network-connection information via a request to UDP port (1) 1234 or (2) 1235.
Query: what is T1585.003
Matching passage: T1585.003 Cloud Accounts. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may create accounts with cloud providers that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use cloud accounts to further their operations, including leveraging cloud storage services such as Dropbox, MEGA, Microsoft OneDrive, or AWS S3 buckets for [Exfiltration to Cloud Storage](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1567/002) or to [Upload Tool](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1608/002)s. Cloud accounts can also be used in the acquisition of infrastructure, such as [Virtual Private Server](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583/003)s or [Serverless](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583/007) infrastructure. Establishing cloud accounts may allow adversaries to develop sophisticated capabilities without managing their own servers.(Citation: Awake Security C2 Cloud) Creating [Cloud Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1585/003) may also require adversaries to establish [Email Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1585/002) to register with the cloud provider.
Near-miss passage: T1585.001 Social Media Accounts. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may create and cultivate social media accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can create social media accounts that can be used to build a persona to further operations. Persona development consists of the development of public information, presence, history and appropriate affiliations.(Citation: NEWSCASTER2014)(Citation: BlackHatRobinSage) For operations incorporating social engineering, the utilization of a persona on social media may be important. These personas may be fictitious or impersonate real people. The persona may exist on a single social media site or across multiple sites (ex: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.). Establishing a persona on social media may require development of additional documentation to make them seem real. This could include filling out profile information, developing social networks, or incorporating photos. Once a persona has been developed an adversary can use it to create connections to targets of interest. These connections may be direct or may include trying to connect through others.(Citation: NEWSCASTER2014)(Citation: BlackHatRobinSage) These accounts may be leveraged during other phases of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initial Access (ex: [Spearphishing via Service](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/003)).
Query: exploit SQLite before 3.8.9, as used in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48T, allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 20099586.
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6607. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 6.800000190734863. SQLite before 3.8.9, as used in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48T, allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 20099586.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0518. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 9.0. The Properties service in the D2FS web-service component in EMC Documentum D2 3.1 through SP1, 4.0 and 4.1 before 4.1 P22, and 4.2 before P11 allows remote authenticated users to obtain superuser privileges via an unspecified method call that modifies group permissions.
Query: intelligence brief on T1136.003
Matching passage: T1136.003 Cloud Account. Tactics: persistence. Description: Adversaries may create a cloud account to maintain access to victim systems. With a sufficient level of access, such accounts may be used to establish secondary credentialed access that does not require persistent remote access tools to be deployed on the system.(Citation: Microsoft O365 Admin Roles)(Citation: Microsoft Support O365 Add Another Admin, October 2019)(Citation: AWS Create IAM User)(Citation: GCP Create Cloud Identity Users)(Citation: Microsoft Azure AD Users) In addition to user accounts, cloud accounts may be associated with services. Cloud providers handle the concept of service accounts in different ways. In Azure, service accounts include service principals and managed identities, which can be linked to various resources such as OAuth applications, serverless functions, and virtual machines in order to grant those resources permissions to perform various activities in the environment.(Citation: Microsoft Entra ID Service Principals) In GCP, service accounts can also be linked to specific resources, as well as be impersonated by other accounts for [Temporary Elevated Cloud Access](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1548/005).(Citation: GCP Service Accounts) While AWS has no specific concept of service accounts, resources can be directly granted permission to assume roles.(Citation: AWS Instance Profiles)(Citation: AWS Lambda Execution Role) Adversaries may create accounts that only have access to specific cloud services, which can reduce the chance of detection. Once an adversary has created a cloud account, they can then manipulate that account to ensure persistence and allow access to additional resources - for example, by adding [Additional Cloud Credentials](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/001) or assigning [Additional Cloud Roles](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/003).
Near-miss passage: T1136.002 Domain Account. Tactics: persistence. Description: Adversaries may create a domain account to maintain access to victim systems. Domain accounts are those managed by Active Directory Domain Services where access and permissions are configured across systems and services that are part of that domain. Domain accounts can cover user, administrator, and service accounts. With a sufficient level of access, the <code>net user /add /domain</code> command can be used to create a domain account.(Citation: Savill 1999) Such accounts may be used to establish secondary credentialed access that do not require persistent remote access tools to be deployed on the system.
Query: vulnerability: The JMX RMI service in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before u3e, 5.1 before u3b, 5.5 before u3, and 6.0 before u1 does not restrict registration of MBeans, which allows remote attacker
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2342. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 10.0. The JMX RMI service in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before u3e, 5.1 before u3b, 5.5 before u3, and 6.0 before u1 does not restrict registration of MBeans, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RMI protocol.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4162. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 4.0. XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the management interface in PAN-OS before 5.0.16, 6.x before 6.0.8, and 6.1.x before 6.1.4 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-2469
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2469. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 9.300000190734863. Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, and Office for Mac 2011 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7096. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 6.800000190734863. WebKit in Apple iOS before 9.2, Safari before 9.0.2, and tvOS before 9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7048, CVE-2015-7095, CVE-2015-7097, CVE-2015-7098, CVE-2015-7099, CVE-2015-7100, CVE-2015-7101, CVE-2015-7102, and CVE-2015-7103.
Query: SIEM correlation: collection activity consistent with Email Forwarding Rule
Matching passage: T1114.003 Email Forwarding Rule. Tactics: collection. Description: Adversaries may setup email forwarding rules to collect sensitive information. Adversaries may abuse email forwarding rules to monitor the activities of a victim, steal information, and further gain intelligence on the victim or the victim’s organization to use as part of further exploits or operations.(Citation: US-CERT TA18-068A 2018) Furthermore, email forwarding rules can allow adversaries to maintain persistent access to victim's emails even after compromised credentials are reset by administrators.(Citation: Pfammatter - Hidden Inbox Rules) Most email clients allow users to create inbox rules for various email functions, including forwarding to a different recipient. These rules may be created through a local email application, a web interface, or by command-line interface. Messages can be forwarded to internal or external recipients, and there are no restrictions limiting the extent of this rule. Administrators may also create forwarding rules for user accounts with the same considerations and outcomes.(Citation: Microsoft Tim McMichael Exchange Mail Forwarding 2)(Citation: Mac Forwarding Rules) Any user or administrator within the organization (or adversary with valid credentials) can create rules to automatically forward all received messages to another recipient, forward emails to different locations based on the sender, and more. Adversaries may also hide the rule by making use of the Microsoft Messaging API (MAPI) to modify the rule properties, making it hidden and not visible from Outlook, OWA or most Exchange Administration tools.(Citation: Pfammatter - Hidden Inbox Rules) In some environments, administrators may be able to enable email forwarding rules that operate organization-wide rather than on individual inboxes. For example, Microsoft Exchange supports transport rules that evaluate all mail an organization receives against user-specified conditions, then performs a user-specified action on mail that adheres to those conditions.(Citation: Microsof
Near-miss passage: T1114.002 Remote Email Collection. Tactics: collection. Description: Adversaries may target an Exchange server, Office 365, or Google Workspace to collect sensitive information. Adversaries may leverage a user's credentials and interact directly with the Exchange server to acquire information from within a network. Adversaries may also access externally facing Exchange services, Office 365, or Google Workspace to access email using credentials or access tokens. Tools such as [MailSniper](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0413) can be used to automate searches for specific keywords.
Query: indicators of Implant Internal Image
Matching passage: T1525 Implant Internal Image. Tactics: persistence. Description: Adversaries may implant cloud or container images with malicious code to establish persistence after gaining access to an environment. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Images, and Azure Images as well as popular container runtimes such as Docker can be implanted or backdoored. Unlike [Upload Malware](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1608/001), this technique focuses on adversaries implanting an image in a registry within a victim’s environment. Depending on how the infrastructure is provisioned, this could provide persistent access if the infrastructure provisioning tool is instructed to always use the latest image.(Citation: Rhino Labs Cloud Image Backdoor Technique Sept 2019) A tool has been developed to facilitate planting backdoors in cloud container images.(Citation: Rhino Labs Cloud Backdoor September 2019) If an adversary has access to a compromised AWS instance, and permissions to list the available container images, they may implant a backdoor such as a [Web Shell](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1505/003).(Citation: Rhino Labs Cloud Image Backdoor Technique Sept 2019)
Near-miss passage: T1037.004 RC Scripts. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may establish persistence by modifying RC scripts, which are executed during a Unix-like system’s startup. These files allow system administrators to map and start custom services at startup for different run levels. RC scripts require root privileges to modify. Adversaries may establish persistence by adding a malicious binary path or shell commands to <code>rc.local</code>, <code>rc.common</code>, and other RC scripts specific to the Unix-like distribution.(Citation: IranThreats Kittens Dec 2017)(Citation: Intezer HiddenWasp Map 2019) Upon reboot, the system executes the script's contents as root, resulting in persistence. Adversary abuse of RC scripts is especially effective for lightweight Unix-like distributions using the root user as default, such as ESXi hypervisors, IoT, or embedded systems.(Citation: intezer-kaiji-malware) As ESXi servers store most system files in memory and therefore discard changes on shutdown, leveraging `/etc/rc.local.d/local.sh` is one of the few mechanisms for enabling persistence across reboots.(Citation: Juniper Networks ESXi Backdoor 2022) Several Unix-like systems have moved to Systemd and deprecated the use of RC scripts. This is now a deprecated mechanism in macOS in favor of Launchd.(Citation: Apple Developer Doco Archive Launchd)(Citation: Startup Items) This technique can be used on Mac OS X Panther v10.3 and earlier versions which still execute the RC scripts.(Citation: Methods of Mac Malware Persistence) To maintain backwards compatibility some systems, such as Ubuntu, will execute the RC scripts if they exist with the correct file permissions.(Citation: Ubuntu Manpage systemd rc)
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-9030
Matching passage: CVE-2015-9030. CWE: CWE-306. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the Hypervisor API could be misused to bypass authentication.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2888. CWE: CWE-306. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. Summer Baby Zoom Wifi Monitor & Internet Viewing System allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, related to the MySnapCam web service.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-4327
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4327. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 7.199999809265137. The CLI in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway X8.5.2 allows local users to obtain root privileges by writing script arguments to an unspecified file, aka Bug ID CSCuv12542.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-8678. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 5.5. The ION driver in Huawei P8 smartphones with software GRA-TL00 before GRA-TL00C01B230, GRA-CL00 before GRA-CL00C92B230, GRA-CL10 before GRA-CL10C92B230, GRA-UL00 before GRA-UL00C00B230, and GRA-UL10 before GRA-UL10C00B230 and Mate S smartphones with software CRR-TL00 before CRR-TL00C01B160SP01, CRR-UL00 before CRR-UL00C00B160, and CRR-CL00 before CRR-CL00C92B161 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted application.