alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: hunt for Server activity
Matching passage: T1584.004 Server. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may compromise third-party servers that can be used during targeting. Use of servers allows an adversary to stage, launch, and execute an operation. During post-compromise activity, adversaries may utilize servers for various tasks, including for Command and Control.(Citation: TrendMicro EarthLusca 2022) Instead of purchasing a [Server](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583/004) or [Virtual Private Server](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583/003), adversaries may compromise third-party servers in support of operations. Adversaries may also compromise web servers to support watering hole operations, as in [Drive-by Compromise](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1189), or email servers to support [Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566) operations.
Near-miss passage: T1584.002 DNS Server. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may compromise third-party DNS servers that can be used during targeting. During post-compromise activity, adversaries may utilize DNS traffic for various tasks, including for Command and Control (ex: [Application Layer Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071)). Instead of setting up their own DNS servers, adversaries may compromise third-party DNS servers in support of operations. By compromising DNS servers, adversaries can alter DNS records. Such control can allow for redirection of an organization's traffic, facilitating Collection and Credential Access efforts for the adversary.(Citation: Talos DNSpionage Nov 2018)(Citation: FireEye DNS Hijack 2019) Additionally, adversaries may leverage such control in conjunction with [Digital Certificates](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1588/004) to redirect traffic to adversary-controlled infrastructure, mimicking normal trusted network communications.(Citation: FireEye DNS Hijack 2019)(Citation: Crowdstrike DNS Hijack 2019) Alternatively, they may be able to prove ownership of a domain to a SaaS service in order to assert control of the service or create a new administrative [Cloud Account](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/003).(Citation: CyberCX SaaS Domain Hijacking 2025) Adversaries may also be able to silently create subdomains pointed at malicious servers without tipping off the actual owner of the DNS server.(Citation: CiscoAngler)(Citation: Proofpoint Domain Shadowing)
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-8403
Matching passage: CVE-2015-8403. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 10.0. Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8048, CVE-2015-8049, CVE-2015-8050, CVE-2015-8055, CVE-2015-8056, CVE-2015-8057, CVE-2015-8058, CVE-2015-8059, CVE-2015-8061, CVE-2015-8062, CVE-2015-8063, CVE-2015-8064, CVE-2015-8065, CVE-2015-8066, CVE-2015-8067, CVE-2015-8068, CVE-2015-8069, CVE-2015-8070, CVE-2015-8071, CVE-2015-8401, CVE-2015-8402, CVE-2015-8404, CVE-2015-8405, CVE-2015-8406, CVE-2015-8410, CVE-2015-8411, CVE-2015-8412, CVE-2015-8413, CVE-2015-8414, CVE-2015-8420, CVE-2015-8421, CVE-2015-8422, CVE-2015-8423, CVE-2015-8424, CVE-2015-8425, CVE-2015-8426, CVE-2015-8427, CVE-2015-8428, CVE-2015-8429, CVE-2015-8430, CVE-2015-8431, CVE-2015-8432, CVE-2015-8433, CVE-2015-8434, CVE-2015-8435, CVE-2015-8436, CVE-2015-8437, CVE-2015-8441, CVE-2015-8442, CVE-2015-8447, CVE-2015-8448, CVE-2015-8449, CVE-2015-8450, CVE-2015-8452, and CVE-2015-8454.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2588. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Unspecified vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component in Oracle PeopleSoft Products 8.53 and 8.54 allows remote attackers to affect integrity via vectors related to PIA Core Technology.
Query: describe CVE-2015-9407
Matching passage: CVE-2015-9407. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 6.099999904632568. The xpinner-lite plugin through 2.2 for WordPress has xpinner-lite.php XSS.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7386. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 3.5. Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in includes/metaboxes.php in the Gallery - Photo Albums - Portfolio plugin 1.3.47 for WordPress allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Media Title or (2) Media Subtitle fields.
Query: describe CVE-2015-0132
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0132. CWE: CWE-399. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. The XML parser in IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3 and 5.x before 5.0.2 and Rational Requirements Composer 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.1.6 iFix5 and 4.x before 4.0.7 iFix3 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2927. CWE: CWE-399. CVSS: 6.5. node 0.3.2 and URONode before 1.0.5r3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth consumption).
Query: incident response steps for Encoded PowerShell / command-line abuse matching Identify Roles
Matching passage: Playbook for T1591.004 Identify Roles. 1) Validate alert telemetry against T1591.004. 2) Scope affected hosts and accounts. 3) Contain by isolating endpoint / disabling account if confirmed. 4) Hunt for related tactics: reconnaissance. 5) Eradicate persistence and recover. Reference detection notes: Adversaries may gather information about identities and roles within the victim organization that can be used during targeting. Information about business roles may reveal a variety of targetable details, including identifiable information for key personnel as well as what data/resources they have access to. Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such as direct elicitation via [P
Near-miss passage: Playbook for T1591.001 Determine Physical Locations. Different response path focused on reconnaissance.
Query: vulnerability: The Bluetooth subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 does not properly restrict Notification Center Service access, which allows attackers to read Notification Center notifications
Matching passage: CVE-2015-3786. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. The Bluetooth subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 does not properly restrict Notification Center Service access, which allows attackers to read Notification Center notifications of certain paired devices via a crafted app.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-6624. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. System Server in Android 6.0 before 2015-12-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 23999740.
Query: vulnerability: Wi-Fi in Android 6.0 before 2015-12-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka intern
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6623. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 9.300000190734863. Wi-Fi in Android 6.0 before 2015-12-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 24872703.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4331. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 3.5. Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) 1.4(0.45) and earlier, when AAA authentication is used, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via a username with a modified composition of lowercase and uppercase characters, aka Bug ID CSum59958.
Query: explain CWE-1248
Matching passage: CWE-1248 Semiconductor Defects in Hardware Logic with Security-Sensitive Implications. The security-sensitive hardware module contains semiconductor defects.
Near-miss passage: CWE-259 Use of Hard-coded Password. The product contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components.
Query: Sigma YAML for windows / registry_delete
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects attempts to disable Windows Credential Guard by deleting registry values. Credential Guard uses virtualization-b. Logsource: windows / registry_delete. Rule: title: Windows Credential Guard Related Registry Value Deleted - Registry id: d645ef86-2396-48a1-a2b6-b629ca3f57ff related: - id: c17d47b7-dcd6-4109-87eb-d1817bd4cbc9 type: similar status: experimental description: 'Detects attempts to disable Windows Credential Guard by deleting registry values. Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to isolate secrets so that only privileged system software can access them. Adversaries may disable Credential Guard to gain access to sensitive credentials stored in the system, such as NTLM hashes and Kerberos tickets, which can be used for lateral movement and privilege escalation. ' references: - https://github.com/DambergC/SaveFolder/blob/90e945eba80fae85f2d54b4616e05a44ec90c500/Cygate%20Installation%20tool%206.22/Script/OSD/OSDeployment-CredentialGuardDisable.ps1#L50 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/credential-guard/configure author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2025-12-26 tags: - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1685 logsource: category: registry_delete product: windows detection: selection: TargetObject|endswith: - \DeviceGuard\EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity - \DeviceGuard\LsaCfgFlags - \DeviceGuard\RequirePlatformSecurityFeatures - \Lsa\LsaCfgFlags condition: selection falsepositives: - Unlikely level: high regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/registry/registry_delete/registry_delete_disable_credential_guard/info.yml
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of network connections to or from the compromised system they are currently acc. Logsource: windows / ps_module. Rule: title: Use Get-NetTCPConnection - PowerShell Module id: aff815cc-e400-4bf0-a47a-5d8a2407d4e1 status: test description: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of network connections to or from the compromised system they are currently accessing or from remote systems by querying for information over the network. references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1049/T1049.md#atomic-test-2---system-network-connections-discovery-with-powershell author: frack113 date: 2021-12-10 modified: 2022-12-02 tags: - attack.discovery - attack.t1049 logsource: product: windows category: ps_module definition: 0ad03ef1-f21b-4a79-8ce8-e6900c54b65b detection: selection: ContextInfo|contains: Get-NetTCPConnection condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: low
Query: how to detect Create or Modify System Process
Matching passage: T1543 Create or Modify System Process. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may create or modify system-level processes to repeatedly execute malicious payloads as part of persistence. When operating systems boot up, they can start processes that perform background system functions. On Windows and Linux, these system processes are referred to as services.(Citation: TechNet Services) On macOS, launchd processes known as [Launch Daemon](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/004) and [Launch Agent](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/001) are run to finish system initialization and load user specific parameters.(Citation: AppleDocs Launch Agent Daemons) Adversaries may install new services, daemons, or agents that can be configured to execute at startup or a repeatable interval in order to establish persistence. Similarly, adversaries may modify existing services, daemons, or agents to achieve the same effect. Services, daemons, or agents may be created with administrator privileges but executed under root/SYSTEM privileges. Adversaries may leverage this functionality to create or modify system processes in order to escalate privileges.(Citation: OSX Malware Detection)
Near-miss passage: T1543.001 Launch Agent. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may create or modify launch agents to repeatedly execute malicious payloads as part of persistence. When a user logs in, a per-user launchd process is started which loads the parameters for each launch-on-demand user agent from the property list (.plist) file found in <code>/System/Library/LaunchAgents</code>, <code>/Library/LaunchAgents</code>, and <code>~/Library/LaunchAgents</code>.(Citation: AppleDocs Launch Agent Daemons)(Citation: OSX Keydnap malware) (Citation: Antiquated Mac Malware) Property list files use the <code>Label</code>, <code>ProgramArguments </code>, and <code>RunAtLoad</code> keys to identify the Launch Agent's name, executable location, and execution time.(Citation: OSX.Dok Malware) Launch Agents are often installed to perform updates to programs, launch user specified programs at login, or to conduct other developer tasks. Launch Agents can also be executed using the [Launchctl](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1569/001) command. Adversaries may install a new Launch Agent that executes at login by placing a .plist file into the appropriate folders with the <code>RunAtLoad</code> or <code>KeepAlive</code> keys set to <code>true</code>.(Citation: Sofacy Komplex Trojan)(Citation: Methods of Mac Malware Persistence) The Launch Agent name may be disguised by using a name from the related operating system or benign software. Launch Agents are created with user level privileges and execute with user level permissions.(Citation: OSX Malware Detection)(Citation: OceanLotus for OS X)
Query: risk of The dynamic-widgets plugin before 1.5.11 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=term_tree prefix or widget_id parameter.
Matching passage: CVE-2015-9436. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 5.400000095367432. The dynamic-widgets plugin before 1.5.11 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=term_tree prefix or widget_id parameter.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-5613. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 5.400000095367432. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in October CMS build 271 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a file title, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5612.
Query: risk of A vulnerability classified as critical was found in AenBleidd FiND. This vulnerability affects the function init_result of the file validator/my_validator.cpp. The manipulation lea
Matching passage: CVE-2015-10065. CWE: CWE-120. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. A vulnerability classified as critical was found in AenBleidd FiND. This vulnerability affects the function init_result of the file validator/my_validator.cpp. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. The patch is identified as ee2eef34a83644f286c9adcaf30437f92e9c48f1. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218458 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-8126. CWE: CWE-120. CVSS: 7.5. Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.
Query: Lateral movement indicators for Hypervisor
Matching passage: T1062 Hypervisor. Tactics: persistence. Description: **This technique has been deprecated and should no longer be used.** A type-1 hypervisor is a software layer that sits between the guest operating systems and system's hardware. (Citation: Wikipedia Hypervisor) It presents a virtual running environment to an operating system. An example of a common hypervisor is Xen. (Citation: Wikipedia Xen) A type-1 hypervisor operates at a level below the operating system and could be designed with [Rootkit](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1014) functionality to hide its existence from the guest operating system. (Citation: Myers 2007) A malicious hypervisor of this nature could be used to persist on systems through interruption.
Near-miss passage: T1542.003 Bootkit. Tactics: stealth, persistence. Description: Adversaries may use bootkits to persist on systems. A bootkit is a malware variant that modifies the boot sectors of a hard drive, allowing malicious code to execute before a computer's operating system has loaded. Bootkits reside at a layer below the operating system and may make it difficult to perform full remediation unless an organization suspects one was used and can act accordingly. In BIOS systems, a bootkit may modify the Master Boot Record (MBR) and/or Volume Boot Record (VBR).(Citation: Mandiant M Trends 2016) The MBR is the section of disk that is first loaded after completing hardware initialization by the BIOS. It is the location of the boot loader. An adversary who has raw access to the boot drive may overwrite this area, diverting execution during startup from the normal boot loader to adversary code.(Citation: Lau 2011) The MBR passes control of the boot process to the VBR. Similar to the case of MBR, an adversary who has raw access to the boot drive may overwrite the VBR to divert execution during startup to adversary code. In UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) systems, a bootkit may instead create or modify files in the EFI system partition (ESP). The ESP is a partition on data storage used by devices containing UEFI that allows the system to boot the OS and other utilities used by the system. An adversary can use the newly created or patched files in the ESP to run malicious kernel code.(Citation: Microsoft Security)(Citation: welivesecurity)
Query: risk of The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit platforms performs a size calculation without considering the number of bytes occupied by multi
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4041. CWE: CWE-787. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit platforms performs a size calculation without considering the number of bytes occupied by multibyte characters, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long UTF-8 strings.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-3210. CWE: CWE-787. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.
Query: rule covering Detects when an attacker tries to disable User Account Control (UAC) notification by tampering with the "UACDisableNotif
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects when an attacker tries to disable User Account Control (UAC) notification by tampering with the "UACDisableNotif. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: UAC Notification Disabled id: c5f6a85d-b647-40f7-bbad-c10b66bab038 related: - id: 0d7ceeef-3539-4392-8953-3dc664912714 type: similar - id: 48437c39-9e5f-47fb-af95-3d663c3f2919 type: similar status: test description: 'Detects when an attacker tries to disable User Account Control (UAC) notification by tampering with the "UACDisableNotify" value. UAC is a critical security feature in Windows that prevents unauthorized changes to the operating system. It prompts the user for permission or an administrator password before allowing actions that could affect the system''s operation or change settings that affect other users. When "UACDisableNotify" is set to 1, UAC prompts are suppressed. ' references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/7e11e9b79583545f208a6dc3fa062f2ed443d999/atomics/T1548.002/T1548.002.md - https://securityintelligence.com/x-force/x-force-hive0129-targeting-financial-institutions-latam-banking-trojan/ author: frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2024-05-10 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.t1548.002 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection: TargetObject|contains: \Microsoft\Security Center\UACDisableNotify Details: DWORD (0x00000001) condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects suspicious processes logging on with explicit credentials. Logsource: windows / security. Rule: title: Suspicious Remote Logon with Explicit Credentials id: 941e5c45-cda7-4864-8cea-bbb7458d194a status: test description: Detects suspicious processes logging on with explicit credentials references: - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKya3_mLnR3UQuCoiYruO3qgu052_iS_/view author: oscd.community, Teymur Kheirkhabarov @HeirhabarovT, Zach Stanford @svch0st, Tim Shelton date: 2020-10-05 modified: 2022-08-03 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.initial-access - attack.stealth - attack.t1078 - attack.lateral-movement logsource: product: windows service: security detection: selection: EventID: 4648 ProcessName|endswith: - \cmd.exe - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - \winrs.exe - \wmic.exe - \net.exe - \net1.exe - \reg.exe filter1: TargetServerName: localhost filter2: SubjectUserName|endswith: $ TargetUserName|endswith: $ condition: selection and not 1 of filter* falsepositives: - Administrators that use the RunAS command or scheduled tasks level: medium
Query: detection rule: Detects potential persistence activity via outlook today page. An attacker can set a custom page to execute arbitrary co
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects potential persistence activity via outlook today page. An attacker can set a custom page to execute arbitrary co. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: Potential Persistence Via Outlook Today Page id: 487bb375-12ef-41f6-baae-c6a1572b4dd1 related: - id: ddd171b5-2cc6-4975-9e78-f0eccd08cc76 type: similar status: test description: 'Detects potential persistence activity via outlook today page. An attacker can set a custom page to execute arbitrary code and link to it via the registry values "URL" and "UserDefinedUrl". ' references: - https://speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-persistence-via-microsoft-exchange-server-or-outlook?slide=74 - https://trustedsec.com/blog/specula-turning-outlook-into-a-c2-with-one-registry-change author: Tobias Michalski (Nextron Systems), David Bertho (@dbertho) & Eirik Sveen (@0xSV1), Storebrand date: 2021-06-10 modified: 2024-08-07 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1112 logsource: product: windows category: registry_set detection: selection_main: TargetObject|contains|all: - Software\Microsoft\Office\ - \Outlook\Today\ selection_value_stamp: TargetObject|endswith: \Stamp Details: DWORD (0x00000001) selection_value_url: TargetObject|endswith: - \URL - \UserDefinedUrl filter_main_office: Image|startswith: - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\ - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\Updates\ Image|endswith: \OfficeClickToRun.exe condition: selection_main and 1 of selection_value_* and not 1 of filter_main_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects when an user account is locked or suspended.. Logsource: onelogin / onelogin.events. Rule: title: OneLogin User Account Locked id: a717c561-d117-437e-b2d9-0118a7035d01 status: test description: Detects when an user account is locked or suspended. references: - https://developers.onelogin.com/api-docs/1/events/event-resource/ author: Austin Songer @austinsonger date: 2021-10-12 modified: 2022-12-25 tags: - attack.impact logsource: product: onelogin service: onelogin.events detection: selection1: event_type_id: 532 selection2: event_type_id: 553 selection3: event_type_id: 551 condition: 1 of selection* falsepositives: - System may lock or suspend user accounts. level: low