alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: Lateral movement indicators for Masquerade Account Name
Matching passage: T1036.010 Masquerade Account Name. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may match or approximate the names of legitimate accounts to make newly created ones appear benign. This will typically occur during [Create Account](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136), although accounts may also be renamed at a later date. This may also coincide with [Account Access Removal](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1531) if the actor first deletes an account before re-creating one with the same name.(Citation: Huntress MOVEit 2023) Often, adversaries will attempt to masquerade as service accounts, such as those associated with legitimate software, data backups, or container cluster management.(Citation: Elastic CUBA Ransomware 2022)(Citation: Aquasec Kubernetes Attack 2023) They may also give accounts generic, trustworthy names, such as “admin”, “help”, or “root.”(Citation: Invictus IR Cloud Ransomware 2024) Sometimes adversaries may model account names off of those already existing in the system, as a follow-on behavior to [Account Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087). Note that this is distinct from [Impersonation](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1684/001), which describes impersonating specific trusted individuals or organizations, rather than user or service account names.
Near-miss passage: T1036.003 Rename Legitimate Utilities. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may rename legitimate / system utilities to try to evade security mechanisms concerning the usage of those utilities. Security monitoring and control mechanisms may be in place for legitimate utilities adversaries are capable of abusing, including both built-in binaries and tools such as PSExec, AutoHotKey, and IronPython.(Citation: LOLBAS Main Site)(Citation: Huntress Python Malware 2025)(Citation: The DFIR Report AutoHotKey 2023)(Citation: Splunk Detect Renamed PSExec) It may be possible to bypass those security mechanisms by renaming the utility prior to utilization (ex: rename <code>rundll32.exe</code>).(Citation: Elastic Masquerade Ball) An alternative case occurs when a legitimate utility is copied or moved to a different directory and renamed to avoid detections based on these utilities executing from non-standard paths.(Citation: F-Secure CozyDuke)
Query: describe CVE-2015-7893
Matching passage: CVE-2015-7893. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 8.800000190734863. SecEmailUI in Samsung Galaxy S6 does not sanitize HTML email content, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-9246. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. An issue was discovered in Skybox Platform before 7.5.201. Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution exists via a WAR archive containing a JSP file. The WAR file is sent to /skyboxview-softwareupdate/services/CollectorSoftwareUpdate and the JSP file is reached at /opt/skyboxview/thirdparty/jboss/server/web/work/jboss.web/localhost.
Query: Outbound C2 pattern associated with External Remote Services
Matching passage: T1133 External Remote Services. Tactics: persistence, initial access. Description: Adversaries may leverage external-facing remote services to initially access and/or persist within a network. Remote services such as VPNs, Citrix, and other access mechanisms allow users to connect to internal enterprise network resources from external locations. There are often remote service gateways that manage connections and credential authentication for these services. Services such as [Windows Remote Management](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/006) and [VNC](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/005) can also be used externally.(Citation: MacOS VNC software for Remote Desktop) Access to [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) to use the service is often a requirement, which could be obtained through credential pharming or by obtaining the credentials from users after compromising the enterprise network.(Citation: Volexity Virtual Private Keylogging) Access to remote services may be used as a redundant or persistent access mechanism during an operation. Access may also be gained through an exposed service that doesn’t require authentication. In containerized environments, this may include an exposed Docker API, Kubernetes API server, kubelet, or web application such as the Kubernetes dashboard.(Citation: Trend Micro Exposed Docker Server)(Citation: Unit 42 Hildegard Malware) Adversaries may also establish persistence on network by configuring a Tor hidden service on a compromised system. Adversaries may utilize the tool `ShadowLink` to facilitate the installation and configuration of the Tor hidden service. Tor hidden service is then accessible via the Tor network because `ShadowLink` sets up a .onion address on the compromised system. `ShadowLink` may be used to forward any inbound connections to RDP, allowing the adversaries to have remote access.(Citation: The BadPilot campaign) Adversaries may get `ShadowLink` to persist on a system by masquerading it as an MS Defender application.(Citation: Russian threat actors dig in,
Near-miss passage: T1137.005 Outlook Rules. Tactics: persistence. Description: Adversaries may abuse Microsoft Outlook rules to obtain persistence on a compromised system. Outlook rules allow a user to define automated behavior to manage email messages. A benign rule might, for example, automatically move an email to a particular folder in Outlook if it contains specific words from a specific sender. Malicious Outlook rules can be created that can trigger code execution when an adversary sends a specifically crafted email to that user.(Citation: SilentBreak Outlook Rules) Once malicious rules have been added to the user’s mailbox, they will be loaded when Outlook is started. Malicious rules will execute when an adversary sends a specifically crafted email to the user.(Citation: SilentBreak Outlook Rules)
Query: detection rule: Detects when a Microsoft Cloud App Security reported when a user signs into your sanctioned apps from a risky IP address
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects when a Microsoft Cloud App Security reported when a user signs into your sanctioned apps from a risky IP address. Logsource: m365 / threat_management. Rule: title: Logon from a Risky IP Address id: c191e2fa-f9d6-4ccf-82af-4f2aba08359f status: test description: Detects when a Microsoft Cloud App Security reported when a user signs into your sanctioned apps from a risky IP address. references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/anomaly-detection-policy - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/policy-template-reference author: Austin Songer @austinsonger date: 2021-08-23 modified: 2022-10-09 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.initial-access - attack.stealth - attack.t1078 logsource: service: threat_management product: m365 detection: selection: eventSource: SecurityComplianceCenter eventName: Log on from a risky IP address status: success condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry.. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: Internet Explorer Autorun Keys Modification id: a80f662f-022f-4429-9b8c-b1a41aaa6688 related: - id: 17f878b8-9968-4578-b814-c4217fc5768c type: obsolete status: test description: Detects modification of autostart extensibility point (ASEP) in registry. references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1547.001/T1547.001.md - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns - https://gist.github.com/GlebSukhodolskiy/0fc5fa5f482903064b448890db1eaf9d author: Victor Sergeev, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Tim Shelton, frack113 (split) date: 2019-10-25 modified: 2023-08-17 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.t1547.001 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: ie: TargetObject|contains: - \Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer - \Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer ie_details: TargetObject|contains: - \Toolbar - \Extensions - \Explorer Bars filter_empty: Details: (Empty) filter_extensions: TargetObject|contains: - \Extensions\{2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - \Extensions\{31D09BA0-12F5-4CCE-BE8A-2923E76605DA} - \Extensions\{789FE86F-6FC4-46A1-9849-EDE0DB0C95CA} - \Extensions\{A95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} filter_toolbar: TargetObject|endswith: - \Toolbar\ShellBrowser\ITBar7Layout - \Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton - \Toolbar\Locked condition: ie and ie_details and not 1 of filter_* falsepositives: - Legitimate software automatically (mostly, during installation) sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason - Legitimate administrator sets up autorun keys for legitimate reason level: medium
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-0962
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0962. CWE: CWE-18. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Barracuda Web Filter 7.x and 8.x before 8.1.0.005, when SSL Inspection is enabled, uses the same root Certification Authority certificate across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL sessions by leveraging the certificate's trust relationship.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2696. CWE: CWE-18. CVSS: 7.099999904632568. lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted IAKERB packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-5946
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5946. CWE: CWE-184. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in SuiteCRM 7.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4111. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 6.800000190734863. mc_demux_mp4_ds.ax in an unspecified third-party codec demux in BlackBerry Link before 1.2.3.53 with installer before 1.1.0.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 file.
Query: risk of Directory traversal vulnerability in the fileserver upload/download functionality for blob messages in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.11.2 for Windows allows remote attackers to crea
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1830. CWE: CWE-22. CVSS: 5.0. Directory traversal vulnerability in the fileserver upload/download functionality for blob messages in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.11.2 for Windows allows remote attackers to create JSP files in arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4666. CWE: CWE-22. CVSS: 5.0. Directory traversal vulnerability in opm/read_sessionlog.php in Xceedium Xsuite 2.4.4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ....// (quadruple dot double slash) in the logFile parameter.
Query: vulnerability: PHP before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9 truncates a pathname upon encountering a \x00 character in certain situations, which allows remote attackers to bypas
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4025. CWE: CWE-19. CVSS: 7.5. PHP before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9 truncates a pathname upon encountering a \x00 character in certain situations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended extension restrictions and access files or directories with unexpected names via a crafted argument to (1) set_include_path, (2) tempnam, (3) rmdir, or (4) readlink. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-7243.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0614. CWE: CWE-19. CVSS: 7.099999904632568. The Connection Conversation Manager (aka CuCsMgr) process in Cisco Unity Connection 8.5 before 8.5(1)SU7, 8.6 before 8.6(2a)SU4, 9.x before 9.1(2)SU2, and 10.0 before 10.0(1)SU1, when SIP trunk integration is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump and restart) via crafted SIP INVITE messages, aka Bug ID CSCul26267.
Query: actor TTPs: Publish/Subscribe Protocols
Matching passage: T1071.005 Publish/Subscribe Protocols. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may communicate using publish/subscribe (pub/sub) application layer protocols to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with existing traffic. Commands to the remote system, and often the results of those commands, will be embedded within the protocol traffic between the client and server. Protocols such as <code>MQTT</code>, <code>XMPP</code>, <code>AMQP</code>, and <code>STOMP</code> use a publish/subscribe design, with message distribution managed by a centralized broker.(Citation: wailing crab sub/pub)(Citation: Mandiant APT1 Appendix) Publishers categorize their messages by topics, while subscribers receive messages according to their subscribed topics.(Citation: wailing crab sub/pub) An adversary may abuse publish/subscribe protocols to communicate with systems under their control from behind a message broker while also mimicking normal, expected traffic.
Near-miss passage: T1071.003 Mail Protocols. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols associated with electronic mail delivery to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with existing traffic. Commands to the remote system, and often the results of those commands, will be embedded within the protocol traffic between the client and server. Protocols such as SMTP/S, POP3/S, and IMAP that carry electronic mail may be very common in environments. Packets produced from these protocols may have many fields and headers in which data can be concealed. Data could also be concealed within the email messages themselves. An adversary may abuse these protocols to communicate with systems under their control within a victim network while also mimicking normal, expected traffic.(Citation: FireEye APT28)
Query: detect Malicious Link
Matching passage: T1204.001 Malicious Link. Tactics: execution. Description: An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to click on a link that will lead to code execution. This user action will typically be observed as follow-on behavior from [Spearphishing Link](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/002). Clicking on a link may also lead to other execution techniques such as exploitation of a browser or application vulnerability via [Exploitation for Client Execution](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1203). Links may also lead users to download files that require execution via [Malicious File](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1204/002).
Near-miss passage: T1204 User Execution. Tactics: execution. Description: An adversary may rely upon specific actions by a user in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to execute malicious code by, for example, opening a malicious document file or link. These user actions will typically be observed as follow-on behavior from forms of [Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566). While [User Execution](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1204) frequently occurs shortly after Initial Access it may occur at other phases of an intrusion, such as when an adversary places a file in a shared directory or on a user's desktop hoping that a user will click on it. This activity may also be seen shortly after [Internal Spearphishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1534). Adversaries may also deceive users into performing actions such as: * Enabling [Remote Access Tools](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1219), allowing direct control of the system to the adversary * Running malicious JavaScript in their browser, allowing adversaries to [Steal Web Session Cookie](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1539)s(Citation: Talos Roblox Scam 2023)(Citation: Krebs Discord Bookmarks 2023) * Downloading and executing malware for [User Execution](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1204) * Coerceing users to copy, paste, and execute malicious code manually(Citation: Reliaquest-execution)(Citation: proofpoint-selfpwn) For example, tech support scams can be facilitated through [Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566), vishing, or various forms of user interaction. Adversaries can use a combination of these methods, such as spoofing and promoting toll-free numbers or call centers that are used to direct victims to malicious websites, to deliver and execute payloads containing malware or [Remote Access Tools](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1219).(Citation: Telephone Attack Delivery)
Query: detection rule: Detects changes to the NGenAssemblyUsageLog registry key. .NET Usage Log output location can be controlled by setting th
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects changes to the NGenAssemblyUsageLog registry key. .NET Usage Log output location can be controlled by setting th. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: NET NGenAssemblyUsageLog Registry Key Tamper id: 28036918-04d3-423d-91c0-55ecf99fb892 status: test description: 'Detects changes to the NGenAssemblyUsageLog registry key. .NET Usage Log output location can be controlled by setting the NGenAssemblyUsageLog CLR configuration knob in the Registry or by configuring an environment variable (as described in the next section). By simplify specifying an arbitrary value (e.g. fake output location or junk data) for the expected value, a Usage Log file for the .NET execution context will not be created. ' references: - https://bohops.com/2021/03/16/investigating-net-clr-usage-log-tampering-techniques-for-edr-evasion/ author: frack113 date: 2022-11-18 modified: 2023-08-17 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1112 logsource: product: windows category: registry_set detection: selection: TargetObject|endswith: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\NGenAssemblyUsageLog condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Alert when a user has performed an export to a search using 'New-ComplianceSearchAction' with the '-Export' flag. This d. Logsource: m365 / threat_management. Rule: title: PST Export Alert Using New-ComplianceSearchAction id: 6897cd82-6664-11ed-9022-0242ac120002 related: - id: 18b88d08-d73e-4f21-bc25-4b9892a4fdd0 type: similar status: test description: Alert when a user has performed an export to a search using 'New-ComplianceSearchAction' with the '-Export' flag. This detection will detect PST export even if the 'eDiscovery search or exported' alert is disabled in the O365.This rule will apply to ExchangePowerShell usage and from the cloud. references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/new-compliancesearchaction?view=exchange-ps author: Nikita Khalimonenkov date: 2022-11-17 tags: - attack.collection - attack.t1114 logsource: service: threat_management product: m365 detection: selection: eventSource: SecurityComplianceCenter Payload|contains|all: - New-ComplianceSearchAction - Export - pst condition: selection falsepositives: - Exporting a PST can be done for legitimate purposes by legitimate sources, but due to the sensitive nature of PST content, it must be monitored. level: medium
Query: exploit Directory traversal vulnerability in the routing component in ownCloud Server before 7.0.6 and 8.0.x before 8.0.4, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to reinstall the
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4716. CWE: CWE-22. CVSS: 10.0. Directory traversal vulnerability in the routing component in ownCloud Server before 7.0.6 and 8.0.x before 8.0.4, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to reinstall the application or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4694. CWE: CWE-22. CVSS: 8.600000381469727. Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in the Zip Attachments plugin before 1.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the za_file parameter.
Query: vulnerability: IBM Security SiteProtector System 3.0 before 3.0.0.7, 3.1 before 3.1.0.4, and 3.1.1 before 3.1.1.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading cached data.
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0170. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 2.0999999046325684. IBM Security SiteProtector System 3.0 before 3.0.0.7, 3.1 before 3.1.0.4, and 3.1.1 before 3.1.1.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading cached data.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7859. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 5.0. The com_contenthistory component in Joomla! 3.2 before 3.4.5 does not properly check ACLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Query: describe CVE-2015-2545
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2545. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability."
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0126. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 6.5. IBM Leads 7.x, 8.1.0 before 8.1.0.14, 8.2, 8.5.0 before 8.5.0.7.3, 8.6.0 before 8.6.0.8.1, 9.0.0 through 9.0.0.4, 9.1.0 before 9.1.0.6.1, and 9.1.1 before 9.1.1.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended file-upload restrictions via a modified extension.
Query: describe CVE-2015-3221
Matching passage: CVE-2015-3221. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 4.0. OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.1 (kilo), when using the IPTables firewall driver, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (L2 agent crash) by adding an address pair that is rejected by the ipset tool.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-8552. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 4.400000095367432. The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to generate a continuous stream of WARN messages and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and XEN_PCI_OP_enable_msi operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks."
Query: vulnerability: Lenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.07.0019 allows local users to gain privileges by navigating to (1) "Click here to learn more" or (2) "View priva
Matching passage: CVE-2015-8110. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. Lenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.07.0019 allows local users to gain privileges by navigating to (1) "Click here to learn more" or (2) "View privacy policy" within the Tvsukernel.exe GUI application in the context of a temporary administrator account, aka a "local privilege escalation vulnerability."
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-9013. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm closed source components. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-36393251.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-2694
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2694. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 5.800000190734863. The kdcpreauth modules in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.2 do not properly track whether a client's request has been validated, which allows remote attackers to bypass an intended preauthentication requirement by providing (1) zero bytes of data or (2) an arbitrary realm name, related to plugins/preauth/otp/main.c and plugins/preauth/pkinit/pkinit_srv.c.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-5515. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 4.900000095367432. The Views Bulk Operations (VBO) module 6.x-1.x and 7.x-3.x before 7.x-3.3 for Drupal, when the bulk operation for changing Roles is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to edit user accounts and add arbitrary roles to the accounts by leveraging access to a user account listing view with VBO enabled.