alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: SIEM correlation: lateral movement activity consistent with Cloud Services
Matching passage: T1021.007 Cloud Services. Tactics: lateral movement. Description: Adversaries may log into accessible cloud services within a compromised environment using [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) that are synchronized with or federated to on-premises user identities. The adversary may then perform management actions or access cloud-hosted resources as the logged-on user. Many enterprises federate centrally managed user identities to cloud services, allowing users to login with their domain credentials in order to access the cloud control plane. Similarly, adversaries may connect to available cloud services through the web console or through the cloud command line interface (CLI) (e.g., [Cloud API](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/009)), using commands such as <code>Connect-AZAccount</code> for Azure PowerShell, <code>Connect-MgGraph</code> for Microsoft Graph PowerShell, and <code>gcloud auth login</code> for the Google Cloud CLI. In some cases, adversaries may be able to authenticate to these services via [Application Access Token](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1550/001) instead of a username and password.
Near-miss passage: T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares. Tactics: lateral movement. Description: Adversaries may use [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) to interact with a remote network share using Server Message Block (SMB). The adversary may then perform actions as the logged-on user. SMB is a file, printer, and serial port sharing protocol for Windows machines on the same network or domain. Adversaries may use SMB to interact with file shares, allowing them to move laterally throughout a network. Linux and macOS implementations of SMB typically use Samba. Windows systems have hidden network shares that are accessible only to administrators and provide the ability for remote file copy and other administrative functions. Example network shares include `C$`, `ADMIN$`, and `IPC$`. Adversaries may use this technique in conjunction with administrator-level [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) to remotely access a networked system over SMB,(Citation: Wikipedia Server Message Block) to interact with systems using remote procedure calls (RPCs),(Citation: TechNet RPC) transfer files, and run transferred binaries through remote Execution. Example execution techniques that rely on authenticated sessions over SMB/RPC are [Scheduled Task/Job](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053), [Service Execution](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1569/002), and [Windows Management Instrumentation](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047). Adversaries can also use NTLM hashes to access administrator shares on systems with [Pass the Hash](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1550/002) and certain configuration and patch levels.(Citation: Microsoft Admin Shares)
Query: Outbound C2 pattern associated with Systemctl
Matching passage: T1569.003 Systemctl. Tactics: execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse systemctl to execute commands or programs. Systemctl is the primary interface for systemd, the Linux init system and service manager. Typically invoked from a shell, Systemctl can also be integrated into scripts or applications. Adversaries may use systemctl to execute commands or programs as [Systemd Service](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/002)s. Common subcommands include: `systemctl start`, `systemctl stop`, `systemctl enable`, `systemctl disable`, and `systemctl status`.(Citation: Red Hat Systemctl 2022)
Near-miss passage: T1569.002 Service Execution. Tactics: execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse the Windows service control manager to execute malicious commands or payloads. The Windows service control manager (<code>services.exe</code>) is an interface to manage and manipulate services.(Citation: Microsoft Service Control Manager) The service control manager is accessible to users via GUI components as well as system utilities such as <code>sc.exe</code> and [Net](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0039). [PsExec](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0029) can also be used to execute commands or payloads via a temporary Windows service created through the service control manager API.(Citation: Russinovich Sysinternals) Tools such as [PsExec](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0029) and <code>sc.exe</code> can accept remote servers as arguments and may be used to conduct remote execution. Adversaries may leverage these mechanisms to execute malicious content. This can be done by either executing a new or modified service. This technique is the execution used in conjunction with [Windows Service](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/003) during service persistence or privilege escalation.
Query: containment actions for Encoded PowerShell / command-line abuse matching Encrypted Channel
Matching passage: Playbook for T1573 Encrypted Channel. 1) Validate alert telemetry against T1573. 2) Scope affected hosts and accounts. 3) Contain by isolating endpoint / disabling account if confirmed. 4) Hunt for related tactics: command and control. 5) Eradicate persistence and recover. Reference detection notes: Adversaries may employ an encryption algorithm to conceal command and control traffic rather than relying on any inherent protections provided by a communication protocol. Despite the use of a secure algorithm, these implementations may be vulnerable to reverse engineering if secret keys are encoded and/or generated within malware samples/configuration files.
Near-miss passage: Playbook for T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography. Different response path focused on command and control.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-0219
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0219. CWE: CWE-17. CVSS: 5.0. Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allows remote attackers to spoof WSGI headers by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X-Auth_User header.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0287. CWE: CWE-17. CVSS: 5.0. The ASN1_item_ex_d2i function in crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a does not reinitialize CHOICE and ADB data structures, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write operation and memory corruption) by leveraging an application that relies on ASN.1 structure reuse.
Query: describe CVE-2015-8313
Matching passage: CVE-2015-8313. CWE: CWE-203. CVSS: 5.900000095367432. GnuTLS incorrectly validates the first byte of padding in CBC modes
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0837. CWE: CWE-203. CVSS: 5.900000095367432. The mpi_powm function in Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging timing differences when accessing a pre-computed table during modular exponentiation, related to a "Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attack."
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-4220
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4220. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco Unified Presence Server 9.1(1) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified value, aka Bug ID CSCuq03773.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-6416. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco Unified Email Interaction Manager and Unified Web Interaction Manager 11.0(1) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML a crafted URL, aka Bug ID CSCuw24479.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-2031
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2031. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 3.5. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale 7.1.0 before 7.1.0.3 and 7.1.1 before 7.1.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-8010. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 6.099999904632568. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Classic-UI with the CSV export link and pagination feature in Icinga before 1.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string to cgi-bin/status.cgi.
Query: alert when Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using ICMLuaUtil Elevated COM interface
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using ICMLuaUtil Elevated COM interface. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: UAC Bypass via ICMLuaUtil id: 49f2f17b-b4c8-4172-a68b-d5bf95d05130 status: test description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using ICMLuaUtil Elevated COM interface references: - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/uac-bypass-via-icmluautil-elevated-com-interface.html author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Elastic (idea) date: 2022-09-13 modified: 2022-09-27 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.t1548.002 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: ParentImage|endswith: \dllhost.exe ParentCommandLine|contains: - /Processid:{3E5FC7F9-9A51-4367-9063-A120244FBEC7} - /Processid:{D2E7041B-2927-42FB-8E9F-7CE93B6DC937} filter: - Image|endswith: \WerFault.exe - OriginalFileName: WerFault.exe condition: selection and not filter falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects PowerShell creating a binary executable or a script file.. Logsource: windows / file_event. Rule: title: Potential Binary Or Script Dropper Via PowerShell id: 7047d730-036f-4f40-b9d8-1c63e36d5e62 status: test description: Detects PowerShell creating a binary executable or a script file. references: - https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/onenote-growing-threat-malware-distribution author: frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-03-17 modified: 2025-07-04 tags: - attack.persistence logsource: product: windows category: file_event detection: selection: Image|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \powershell_ise.exe - \pwsh.exe TargetFilename|endswith: - .bat - .chm - .cmd - .com - .dll - .exe - .hta - .jar - .js - .ocx - .scr - .sys - .vbe - .vbs - .wsf filter_main_user_temp: TargetFilename|startswith: C:\Users\ TargetFilename|contains: \AppData\Local\Temp\ TargetFilename|endswith: - .dll - .exe filter_main_other_temp: TargetFilename|startswith: - C:\Windows\Temp\ - C:\Windows\SystemTemp\ TargetFilename|endswith: - .dll - .exe filter_main_powershell_module: TargetFilename|startswith: C:\Users\ TargetFilename|contains: \WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ TargetFilename|endswith: .dll filter_main_nuget: TargetFilename|startswith: C:\Program Files\PackageManagement\ProviderAssemblies\nuget\ TargetFilename|endswith: \Microsoft.PackageManagement.NuGetProvider.dll condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* falsepositives: - False positives will differ depending on the environment and scripts used. Apply additional filters accordingly. level: medium
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-3188
Matching passage: CVE-2015-3188. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. The UI daemon in Apache Storm 0.10.0 before 0.10.0-beta1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7455. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 3.0999999046325684. IBM WebSphere Portal 7.x through 7.0.0.2 CF29, 8.0.x before 8.0.0.1 CF20, and 8.5.x before 8.5.0.0 CF09 uses weak permissions for content items, which allows remote authenticated users to make modifications via the authoring UI.
Query: containment actions for Lateral movement indicators for Overwrite Process Arguments
Matching passage: Playbook for T1036.011 Overwrite Process Arguments. 1) Validate alert telemetry against T1036.011. 2) Scope affected hosts and accounts. 3) Contain by isolating endpoint / disabling account if confirmed. 4) Hunt for related tactics: stealth. 5) Eradicate persistence and recover. Reference detection notes: Adversaries may modify a process's in-memory arguments to change its name in order to appear as a legitimate or benign process. On Linux, the operating system stores command-line arguments in the process’s stack and passes them to the `main()` function as the `argv` array. The first element, `argv[0]`, typically contains the process name or path - by default, the command used to actually start the
Near-miss passage: Playbook for T1036.012 Browser Fingerprint. Different response path focused on stealth.
Query: risk of The WebExtension APIs in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 allow remote attackers to gain privileges, and possibly obtain sensitive information or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) atta
Matching passage: CVE-2015-7223. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 4.0. The WebExtension APIs in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 allow remote attackers to gain privileges, and possibly obtain sensitive information or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, via a crafted web site.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0932. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 10.0. The ANTlabs InnGate firmware on IG 3100, IG 3101, InnGate 3.00 E, InnGate 3.01 E, InnGate 3.02 E, InnGate 3.10 E, InnGate 3.01 G, and InnGate 3.10 G devices does not require authentication for rsync sessions, which allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via TCP traffic on port 873.
Query: risk of AxiomSL's Axiom Google Web Toolkit module 9.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject HTML into the scoping dashboard features.
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5462. CWE: CWE-74. CVSS: 6.099999904632568. AxiomSL's Axiom Google Web Toolkit module 9.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject HTML into the scoping dashboard features.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-10040. CWE: CWE-74. CVSS: 6.5. A vulnerability was found in gitlearn. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function getGrade/getOutOf of the file scripts/config.sh of the component Escape Sequence Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The patch is identified as 3faa5deaa509012069afe75cd03c21bda5050a64. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218302 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Query: write Sigma for Detect priv users or groups recon based on 4661 eventid and known privileged users or groups SIDs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detect priv users or groups recon based on 4661 eventid and known privileged users or groups SIDs. Logsource: windows / security. Rule: title: AD Privileged Users or Groups Reconnaissance id: 35ba1d85-724d-42a3-889f-2e2362bcaf23 status: test description: Detect priv users or groups recon based on 4661 eventid and known privileged users or groups SIDs references: - https://web.archive.org/web/20230329163438/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/02/threat-hunting-5-detecting-enumeration.html author: Samir Bousseaden date: 2019-04-03 modified: 2022-07-13 tags: - attack.discovery - attack.t1087.002 logsource: product: windows service: security definition: 'Requirements: enable Object Access SAM on your Domain Controllers' detection: selection: EventID: 4661 ObjectType: - SAM_USER - SAM_GROUP selection_object: - ObjectName|endswith: - '-512' - '-502' - '-500' - '-505' - '-519' - '-520' - '-544' - '-551' - '-555' - ObjectName|contains: admin filter: SubjectUserName|endswith: $ condition: selection and selection_object and not filter falsepositives: - If source account name is not an admin then its super suspicious level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects deletion of local audit logs. Logsource: macos / process_creation. Rule: title: Indicator Removal on Host - Clear Mac System Logs id: acf61bd8-d814-4272-81f0-a7a269aa69aa status: test description: Detects deletion of local audit logs references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1070.002/T1070.002.md author: remotephone, oscd.community date: 2020-10-11 modified: 2022-09-16 tags: - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1685.006 logsource: product: macos category: process_creation detection: selection1: Image|endswith: - /rm - /unlink - /shred selection_cli_1: CommandLine|contains: /var/log selection_cli_2: CommandLine|contains|all: - /Users/ - /Library/Logs/ condition: selection1 and 1 of selection_cli* falsepositives: - Legitimate administration activities level: medium
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-0547
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0547. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 4.0. The D2CenterstageService.getComments service method in EMC Documentum D2 4.1 and 4.2 before 4.2 P16 and 4.5 before P03 allows remote authenticated users to conduct Documentum Query Language (DQL) injection attacks and bypass intended read-access restrictions via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2472. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) through 8.1 in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly verify certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof clients via a crafted certificate with valid Issuer and Serial Number fields, aka "Remote Desktop Session Host Spoofing Vulnerability."
Query: mitigate BITS Jobs
Matching passage: T1197 BITS Jobs. Tactics: stealth, persistence, execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse BITS jobs to persistently execute code and perform various background tasks. Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a low-bandwidth, asynchronous file transfer mechanism exposed through [Component Object Model](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/001) (COM).(Citation: Microsoft COM)(Citation: Microsoft BITS) BITS is commonly used by updaters, messengers, and other applications preferred to operate in the background (using available idle bandwidth) without interrupting other networked applications. File transfer tasks are implemented as BITS jobs, which contain a queue of one or more file operations. The interface to create and manage BITS jobs is accessible through [PowerShell](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001) and the [BITSAdmin](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0190) tool.(Citation: Microsoft BITS)(Citation: Microsoft BITSAdmin) Adversaries may abuse BITS to download (e.g. [Ingress Tool Transfer](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105)), execute, and even clean up after running malicious code (e.g. [Indicator Removal](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1070)). BITS tasks are self-contained in the BITS job database, without new files or registry modifications, and often permitted by host firewalls.(Citation: CTU BITS Malware June 2016)(Citation: Mondok Windows PiggyBack BITS May 2007)(Citation: Symantec BITS May 2007) BITS enabled execution may also enable persistence by creating long-standing jobs (the default maximum lifetime is 90 days and extendable) or invoking an arbitrary program when a job completes or errors (including after system reboots).(Citation: PaloAlto UBoatRAT Nov 2017)(Citation: CTU BITS Malware June 2016) BITS upload functionalities can also be used to perform [Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1048).(Citation: CTU BITS Malware June 2016)
Near-miss passage: T1014 Rootkit. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may use rootkits to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components. Rootkits are programs that hide the existence of malware by intercepting/hooking and modifying operating system API calls that supply system information. (Citation: Symantec Windows Rootkits) Rootkits or rootkit enabling functionality may reside at the user or kernel level in the operating system or lower, to include a hypervisor or [System Firmware](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/001). (Citation: Wikipedia Rootkit) Rootkits have been seen for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems. (Citation: CrowdStrike Linux Rootkit) (Citation: BlackHat Mac OSX Rootkit) Rootkits that reside or modify boot sectors are known as [Bootkit](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/003)s and specifically target the boot process of the operating system.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-3073
Matching passage: CVE-2015-3073. CWE: CWE-284. CVSS: 10.0. Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.14 and 11.x before 11.0.11 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions on JavaScript API execution via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3060, CVE-2015-3061, CVE-2015-3062, CVE-2015-3063, CVE-2015-3064, CVE-2015-3065, CVE-2015-3066, CVE-2015-3067, CVE-2015-3068, CVE-2015-3069, CVE-2015-3071, CVE-2015-3072, and CVE-2015-3074.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-8275. CWE: CWE-284. CVSS: 5.5. LVRTC eParakstitajs 3.0 (1.3.0) and edoc-libraries-2.5.4_01 allow attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted EDOC files.
Query: explain T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol
Matching passage: T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol. Tactics: lateral movement. Description: Adversaries may use [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) to log into a computer using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The adversary may then perform actions as the logged-on user. Remote desktop is a common feature in operating systems. It allows a user to log into an interactive session with a system desktop graphical user interface on a remote system. Microsoft refers to its implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) as Remote Desktop Services (RDS).(Citation: TechNet Remote Desktop Services) Adversaries may connect to a remote system over RDP/RDS to expand access if the service is enabled and allows access to accounts with known credentials. Adversaries will likely use Credential Access techniques to acquire credentials to use with RDP. Adversaries may also use RDP in conjunction with the [Accessibility Features](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/008) or [Terminal Services DLL](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1505/005) for Persistence.(Citation: Alperovitch Malware)
Near-miss passage: T1021.007 Cloud Services. Tactics: lateral movement. Description: Adversaries may log into accessible cloud services within a compromised environment using [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) that are synchronized with or federated to on-premises user identities. The adversary may then perform management actions or access cloud-hosted resources as the logged-on user. Many enterprises federate centrally managed user identities to cloud services, allowing users to login with their domain credentials in order to access the cloud control plane. Similarly, adversaries may connect to available cloud services through the web console or through the cloud command line interface (CLI) (e.g., [Cloud API](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/009)), using commands such as <code>Connect-AZAccount</code> for Azure PowerShell, <code>Connect-MgGraph</code> for Microsoft Graph PowerShell, and <code>gcloud auth login</code> for the Google Cloud CLI. In some cases, adversaries may be able to authenticate to these services via [Application Access Token](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1550/001) instead of a username and password.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-10107
Matching passage: CVE-2015-10107. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 6.099999904632568. A vulnerability was found in Simplr Registration Form Plus+ Plugin up to 2.3.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.5 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is d588446844dd49232ab400ef213ff5b92121c33e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-230153 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7822. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 5.0. Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Kentico CMS 8.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) parameter name to CMSModules/AdminControls/Pages/UIPage.aspx or the (2) CMSBodyClass cookie variable to the default URI.