alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: detect Detects the modification of NTFS symbolic link behavior using fsutil, which could be used to enable remote to local or r in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the modification of NTFS symbolic link behavior using fsutil, which could be used to enable remote to local or r. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Potentially Suspicious NTFS Symlink Behavior Modification id: c0b2768a-dd06-4671-8339-b16ca8d1f27f status: test description: 'Detects the modification of NTFS symbolic link behavior using fsutil, which could be used to enable remote to local or remote to remote symlinks for potential attacks. ' references: - https://www.cybereason.com/blog/cybereason-vs.-blackcat-ransomware - https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fsutil-behavior - https://thedfirreport.com/2025/06/30/hide-your-rdp-password-spray-leads-to-ransomhub-deployment/ author: frack113, The DFIR Report date: 2022-03-02 modified: 2025-11-13 tags: - attack.execution - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1059 - attack.t1222.001 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img_proxy: - Image|endswith: - \cmd.exe - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - OriginalFileName: - Cmd.Exe - PowerShell.EXE - pwsh.dll selection_fsutil_cli: CommandLine|contains|all: - fsutil - behavior - set - SymlinkEvaluation selection_symlink_params: CommandLine|contains: - R2L:1 - R2R:1 - L2L:1 condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Legitimate usage, investigate the parent process and context to determine if benign. level: medium
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: CVE similar to CVE-2015-5424
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5424. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 7.5. Unspecified vulnerability in HP KeyView before 10.23.0.1 and 10.24.x before 10.24.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-2885.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4778. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 6.900000095367432. Unspecified vulnerability in the Data Store component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.1.29, 11.2.5.2.42, 11.2.5.3.28, and 12.1.6.0.35 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2583, CVE-2015-2624, CVE-2015-2626, CVE-2015-2640, CVE-2015-2654, CVE-2015-2656, CVE-2015-4754, CVE-2015-4764, CVE-2015-4775, CVE-2015-4776, CVE-2015-4777, CVE-2015-4780, CVE-2015-4781, CVE-2015-4782, CVE-2015-4783, CVE-2015-4784, CVE-2015-4785, CVE-2015-4786, CVE-2015-4787, CVE-2015-4789, and CVE-2015-4790.
Query: what is T1199
Matching passage: T1199 Trusted Relationship. Tactics: initial access. Description: Adversaries may breach or otherwise leverage organizations who have access to intended victims. Access through trusted third party relationship abuses an existing connection that may not be protected or receives less scrutiny than standard mechanisms of gaining access to a network. Organizations often grant elevated access to second or third-party external providers in order to allow them to manage internal systems as well as cloud-based environments. Some examples of these relationships include IT services contractors, managed security providers, infrastructure contractors (e.g. HVAC, elevators, physical security). The third-party provider's access may be intended to be limited to the infrastructure being maintained, but may exist on the same network as the rest of the enterprise. As such, [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) used by the other party for access to internal network systems may be compromised and used.(Citation: CISA IT Service Providers) In Office 365 environments, organizations may grant Microsoft partners or resellers delegated administrator permissions. By compromising a partner or reseller account, an adversary may be able to leverage existing delegated administrator relationships or send new delegated administrator offers to clients in order to gain administrative control over the victim tenant.(Citation: Office 365 Delegated Administration)
Near-miss passage: T1200 Hardware Additions. Tactics: initial access. Description: Adversaries may physically introduce computer accessories, networking hardware, or other computing devices into a system or network that can be used as a vector to gain access. Rather than just connecting and distributing payloads via removable storage (i.e. [Replication Through Removable Media](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1091)), more robust hardware additions can be used to introduce new functionalities and/or features into a system that can then be abused. While public references of usage by threat actors are scarce, many red teams/penetration testers leverage hardware additions for initial access. Commercial and open source products can be leveraged with capabilities such as passive network tapping, network traffic modification (i.e. [Adversary-in-the-Middle](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1557)), keystroke injection, kernel memory reading via DMA, addition of new wireless access points to an existing network, and others.(Citation: Ossmann Star Feb 2011)(Citation: Aleks Weapons Nov 2015)(Citation: Frisk DMA August 2016)(Citation: McMillan Pwn March 2012)
Query: SOC alert related to Botnet
Matching passage: T1583.005 Botnet. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may buy, lease, or rent a network of compromised systems that can be used during targeting. A botnet is a network of compromised systems that can be instructed to perform coordinated tasks.(Citation: Norton Botnet) Adversaries may purchase a subscription to use an existing botnet from a booter/stresser service. Internet-facing edge devices and related network appliances that are end-of-life (EOL) and unsupported by their manufacturers are commonly acquired for botnet activities. Adversaries may lease operational relay box (ORB) networks – consisting of virtual private servers (VPS), small office/home office (SOHO) routers, or Internet of Things (IoT) devices – to serve as a botnet.(Citation: ORB Mandiant) With a botnet at their disposal, adversaries may perform follow-on activity such as large-scale [Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS).(Citation: Imperva DDoS for Hire)(Citation: Krebs-Anna)(Citation: Krebs-Bazaar)(Citation: Krebs-Booter) Acquired botnets may also be used to support Command and Control activity, such as [Hide Infrastructure](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1665) through an established [Proxy](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1090) network.
Near-miss passage: T1583.003 Virtual Private Server. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may rent Virtual Private Servers (VPSs) that can be used during targeting. There exist a variety of cloud service providers that will sell virtual machines/containers as a service. By utilizing a VPS, adversaries can make it difficult to physically tie back operations to them. The use of cloud infrastructure can also make it easier for adversaries to rapidly provision, modify, and shut down their infrastructure. Acquiring a VPS for use in later stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as Command and Control, can allow adversaries to benefit from the ubiquity and trust associated with higher reputation cloud service providers. Adversaries may also acquire infrastructure from VPS service providers that are known for renting VPSs with minimal registration information, allowing for more anonymous acquisitions of infrastructure.(Citation: TrendmicroHideoutsLease)
Query: risk of Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Mem
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2383. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 9.300000190734863. Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2384 and CVE-2015-2425.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-6149. CWE: CWE-119. CVSS: 9.300000190734863. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6147.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-0398
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0398. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 4.0. Unspecified vulnerability in the Siebel Life Sciences component in Oracle Siebel CRM 8.1.1 and 8.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Clinical Trip Report.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2635. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 6.800000190734863. Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Data Integrator component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.3.0 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Data Quality based on Trillium, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0443, CVE-2015-0444, CVE-2015-0445, CVE-2015-0446, CVE-2015-2634, CVE-2015-2636, CVE-2015-4758, and CVE-2015-4759.
Query: detection rule: Detects registry modifications to the 'ms-settings' protocol handler, which is frequently targeted for UAC bypass or per
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects registry modifications to the 'ms-settings' protocol handler, which is frequently targeted for UAC bypass or per. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Registry Modification of MS-settings Protocol Handler id: dd3ee8cc-f751-41c9-ba53-5a32ed47e563 related: - id: 152f3630-77c1-4284-bcc0-4cc68ab2f6e7 type: similar status: test description: 'Detects registry modifications to the ''ms-settings'' protocol handler, which is frequently targeted for UAC bypass or persistence. Attackers can modify this registry to execute malicious code with elevated privileges by hijacking the command execution path. ' references: - https://thedfirreport.com/2021/12/13/diavol-ransomware/ - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/f/water-curse.html author: frack113, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2021-12-20 modified: 2026-01-24 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1548.002 - attack.t1546.001 - attack.t1112 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_reg_img: - Image|endswith: \reg.exe - OriginalFileName: reg.exe selection_pwsh_img: - Image|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - OriginalFileName: - powershell.exe - pwsh.dll selection_reg_cli: CommandLine|contains: add selection_pwsh_cli: CommandLine|contains: - New-ItemProperty - Set-ItemProperty - 'ni ' - 'sp ' selection_cli_key: CommandLine|contains: \ms-settings\shell\open\command condition: (all of selection_reg_* or all of selection_pwsh_*) and selection_cli_key falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects execution of VMware Xfer utility (VMwareXferlogs.exe) from the non-default directory which may be an attempt to. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: DLL Sideloading by VMware Xfer Utility id: ebea773c-a8f1-42ad-a856-00cb221966e8 status: test description: Detects execution of VMware Xfer utility (VMwareXferlogs.exe) from the non-default directory which may be an attempt to sideload arbitrary DLL references: - https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/lockbit-ransomware-side-loads-cobalt-strike-beacon-with-legitimate-vmware-utility/ author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-08-02 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1574.001 logsource: product: windows category: process_creation detection: selection: Image|endswith: \VMwareXferlogs.exe filter: Image|startswith: C:\Program Files\VMware\ condition: selection and not filter falsepositives: - Unlikely level: high
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-0668
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0668. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administration portal in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 2.5 and 2.5.99.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuq66737.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-6919. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the googleSearch (CSE) (com_googlesearch_cse) component 3.0.2 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter to index.php.
Query: Encoded PowerShell / command-line abuse matching Modify Cloud Compute Configurations
Matching passage: T1578.005 Modify Cloud Compute Configurations. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may modify settings that directly affect the size, locations, and resources available to cloud compute infrastructure in order to evade defenses. These settings may include service quotas, subscription associations, tenant-wide policies, or other configurations that impact available compute. Such modifications may allow adversaries to abuse the victim’s compute resources to achieve their goals, potentially without affecting the execution of running instances and/or revealing their activities to the victim. For example, cloud providers often limit customer usage of compute resources via quotas. Customers may request adjustments to these quotas to support increased computing needs, though these adjustments may require approval from the cloud provider. Adversaries who compromise a cloud environment may similarly request quota adjustments in order to support their activities, such as enabling additional [Resource Hijacking](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1496) without raising suspicion by using up a victim’s entire quota.(Citation: Microsoft Cryptojacking 2023) Adversaries may also increase allowed resource usage by modifying any tenant-wide policies that limit the sizes of deployed virtual machines.(Citation: Microsoft Azure Policy) Adversaries may also modify settings that affect where cloud resources can be deployed, such as enabling [Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1535).
Near-miss passage: T1578.004 Revert Cloud Instance. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: An adversary may revert changes made to a cloud instance after they have performed malicious activities in attempt to evade detection and remove evidence of their presence. In highly virtualized environments, such as cloud-based infrastructure, this may be accomplished by restoring virtual machine (VM) or data storage snapshots through the cloud management dashboard or cloud APIs. Another variation of this technique is to utilize temporary storage attached to the compute instance. Most cloud providers provide various types of storage including persistent, local, and/or ephemeral, with the ephemeral types often reset upon stop/restart of the VM.(Citation: Tech Republic - Restore AWS Snapshots)(Citation: Google - Restore Cloud Snapshot)
Query: CVE similar to CVE-2015-6258
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6258. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 5.0. The Internet Access Point Protocol (IAPP) module on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 8.1(104.37) allows remote attackers to trigger incorrect traffic forwarding via crafted IPv6 packets, aka Bug ID CSCuv40033.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4035. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. scripts/xzgrep.in in xzgrep 5.2.x before 5.2.0, before 5.0.0 does not properly process file names containing semicolons, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by having a user run xzgrep on a crafted file name.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-10069
Matching passage: CVE-2015-10069. CWE: CWE-89. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. A vulnerability was found in viakondratiuk cash-machine. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function is_card_pin_at_session/update_failed_attempts of the file machine.py. The manipulation leads to sql injection. The name of the patch is 62a6e24efdfa195b70d7df140d8287fdc38eb66d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218896.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-10051. CWE: CWE-89. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in bony2023 Discussion-Board. Affected by this issue is the function display_all_replies of the file functions/main.php. The manipulation of the argument str leads to sql injection. The patch is identified as 26439bc4c63632d63ba89ebc0f149b25a9010361. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218378 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Query: vulnerability: HP Matrix Operating Environment before 7.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5431. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 6.5. HP Matrix Operating Environment before 7.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2600. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 3.5. Unspecified vulnerability in the Siebel Core - Server OM Svcs component in Oracle Siebel CRM 8.1.1, 8.2.2, and 15.0 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Security.
Query: detect Detects usage of "query.exe" a system binary to exfil information such as "sessions" and "processes" for later use in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects usage of "query.exe" a system binary to exfil information such as "sessions" and "processes" for later use. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Query Usage To Exfil Data id: 53ef0cef-fa24-4f25-a34a-6c72dfa2e6e2 status: test description: Detects usage of "query.exe" a system binary to exfil information such as "sessions" and "processes" for later use references: - https://twitter.com/MichalKoczwara/status/1553634816016498688 author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-08-01 modified: 2023-01-19 tags: - attack.execution logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: Image|endswith: :\Windows\System32\query.exe CommandLine|contains: - session > - process > condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects potential malicious modification of run keys by winekey or team9 backdoor. Logsource: windows / registry_event. Rule: title: WINEKEY Registry Modification id: b98968aa-dbc0-4a9c-ac35-108363cbf8d5 status: test description: Detects potential malicious modification of run keys by winekey or team9 backdoor references: - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/10/kegtap-and-singlemalt-with-a-ransomware-chaser.html author: omkar72 date: 2020-10-30 modified: 2021-11-27 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.t1547 logsource: category: registry_event product: windows detection: selection: TargetObject|endswith: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Backup Mgr condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Query: vulnerability: The gif_next_LZW function in libnsgif.c in Libnsgif 0.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted L
Matching passage: CVE-2015-7506. CWE: CWE-125. CVSS: 6.5. The gif_next_LZW function in libnsgif.c in Libnsgif 0.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted LZW stream in a GIF file.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-9290. CWE: CWE-125. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. In FreeType before 2.6.1, a buffer over-read occurs in type1/t1parse.c on function T1_Get_Private_Dict where there is no check that the new values of cur and limit are sensible before going to Again.
Query: vulnerability: libreport 2.0.7 before 2.6.3 only saves changes to the first file when editing a crash report, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5302. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 5.0. libreport 2.0.7 before 2.6.3 only saves changes to the first file when editing a crash report, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors related to the (1) backtrace, (2) cmdline, (3) environ, (4) open_fds, (5) maps, (6) smaps, (7) hostname, (8) remote, (9) ks.cfg, or (10) anaconda-tb file attachment included in a Red Hat Bugzilla bug report.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-5610. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 4.0. The RSM (aka RSMWinService) service in SolarWinds N-Able N-Central before 9.5.1.4514 uses the same password decryption key across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain the cleartext domain-administrator password by locating the encrypted password within HTML source code and then leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.
Query: rule covering Detects execution of the bash shell with the interactive flag "-i".
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects execution of the bash shell with the interactive flag "-i".. Logsource: linux / process_creation. Rule: title: Bash Interactive Shell id: 6104e693-a7d6-4891-86cb-49a258523559 status: test description: Detects execution of the bash shell with the interactive flag "-i". references: - https://pentestmonkey.net/cheat-sheet/shells/reverse-shell-cheat-sheet - https://www.revshells.com/ - https://linux.die.net/man/1/bash author: '@d4ns4n_' date: 2023-04-07 tags: - attack.execution logsource: category: process_creation product: linux detection: selection: Image|endswith: /bash CommandLine|contains: ' -i ' condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: low
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects nltest commands that can be used for information discovery. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Nltest.EXE Execution id: 903076ff-f442-475a-b667-4f246bcc203b related: - id: 5cc90652-4cbd-4241-aa3b-4b462fa5a248 type: similar - id: eeb66bbb-3dde-4582-815a-584aee9fe6d1 type: obsolete status: test description: Detects nltest commands that can be used for information discovery references: - https://jpcertcc.github.io/ToolAnalysisResultSheet/details/nltest.htm author: Arun Chauhan date: 2023-02-03 tags: - attack.discovery - attack.t1016 - attack.t1018 - attack.t1482 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: - Image|endswith: \nltest.exe - OriginalFileName: nltestrk.exe condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate administration activity level: low