alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: Lateral movement indicators for User Activity Based Checks
Matching passage: T1497.002 User Activity Based Checks. Tactics: stealth, discovery. Description: Adversaries may employ various user activity checks to detect and avoid virtualization and analysis environments. This may include changing behaviors based on the results of checks for the presence of artifacts indicative of a virtual machine environment (VME) or sandbox. If the adversary detects a VME, they may alter their malware to disengage from the victim or conceal the core functions of the implant. They may also search for VME artifacts before dropping secondary or additional payloads. Adversaries may use the information learned from [Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1497) during automated discovery to shape follow-on behaviors.(Citation: Deloitte Environment Awareness) Adversaries may search for user activity on the host based on variables such as the speed/frequency of mouse movements and clicks (Citation: Sans Virtual Jan 2016) , browser history, cache, bookmarks, or number of files in common directories such as home or the desktop. Other methods may rely on specific user interaction with the system before the malicious code is activated, such as waiting for a document to close before activating a macro (Citation: Unit 42 Sofacy Nov 2018) or waiting for a user to double click on an embedded image to activate.(Citation: FireEye FIN7 April 2017)
Near-miss passage: T1497 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion. Tactics: stealth, discovery. Description: Adversaries may employ various means to detect and avoid virtualization and analysis environments. This may include changing behaviors based on the results of checks for the presence of artifacts indicative of a virtual machine environment (VME) or sandbox. If the adversary detects a VME, they may alter their malware to disengage from the victim or conceal the core functions of the implant. They may also search for VME artifacts before dropping secondary or additional payloads. Adversaries may use the information learned from [Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1497) during automated discovery to shape follow-on behaviors.(Citation: Deloitte Environment Awareness) Adversaries may use several methods to accomplish [Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1497) such as checking for security monitoring tools (e.g., Sysinternals, Wireshark, etc.) or other system artifacts associated with analysis or virtualization. Adversaries may also check for legitimate user activity to help determine if it is in an analysis environment. Additional methods include use of sleep timers or loops within malware code to avoid operating within a temporary sandbox.(Citation: Unit 42 Pirpi July 2015)
Query: rule covering Detects potentially suspicious explicit credential logon events where the user is trying to logon with explicit credenti
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects potentially suspicious explicit credential logon events where the user is trying to logon with explicit credenti. Logsource: windows / security. Rule: title: Potentially Suspicious Explicit Credential Local Logon id: e3c6d245-7b8f-4e2a-c17f-a9d0e5b38f62 status: experimental description: 'Detects potentially suspicious explicit credential logon events where the user is trying to logon with explicit credentials (username and password) that are different from the current user context. It might indicate an attacker attempting to escalate privileges after obtaining credentials for a different user account. ' references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4648 - https://github.com/MSNightmare/LegacyHive author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems) date: 2026-07-23 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.stealth - attack.t1134 - attack.t1134.003 logsource: product: windows service: security detection: selection_eid: EventID: 4648 selection_localhost: - TargetServerName: localhost - TargetInfo: localhost - IpAddress: - 127.0.0.1 - ::1 filter_main_computer_accounts: SubjectUserName|endswith: $ filter_main_system_processes: ProcessName|startswith: - C:\Windows\System32\ - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ - C:\Windows\WinSxS\ filter_main_program_files: ProcessName|startswith: - C:\Program Files\ - C:\Program Files (x86)\ filter_main_same_user: SubjectUserName|fieldref: TargetUserName condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_* falsepositives: - RunAs usage from user-installed applications outside Program Files - Administrative scripts using explicit credentials from non-standard paths level: medium regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_explicit_credential_local_logon/info.yml
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking vulnerable file path references. Adversaries can take. Logsource: windows / file_event. Rule: title: Creation Exe for Service with Unquoted Path id: 8c3c76ca-8f8b-4b1d-aaf3-81aebcd367c9 status: test description: 'Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking vulnerable file path references. Adversaries can take advantage of paths that lack surrounding quotations by placing an executable in a higher level directory within the path, so that Windows will choose the adversary''s executable to launch. ' references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1574.009/T1574.009.md author: frack113 date: 2021-12-30 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.t1547.009 logsource: product: windows category: file_event detection: selection: TargetFilename: C:\program.exe condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Query: Sigma YAML for windows / security
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects suspicious Kerberos TGT requests with pre-authentication disabled (Pre-Authentication Type = 0) and Ticket Encry. Logsource: windows / security. Rule: title: Potential AS-REP Roasting via Kerberos TGT Requests id: 3e2f1b2c-4d5e-11ee-be56-0242ac120002 status: experimental description: 'Detects suspicious Kerberos TGT requests with pre-authentication disabled (Pre-Authentication Type = 0) and Ticket Encryption Type (0x17) i.e, RC4-HMAC. This may indicate an AS-REP Roasting attack, where attackers request AS-REP messages for accounts without pre-authentication and attempt to crack the encrypted ticket offline to recover user passwords. ' references: - https://medium.com/system-weakness/detecting-as-rep-roasting-attacks-b5b3965f9714 - https://www.picussecurity.com/resource/blog/as-rep-roasting-attack-explained-mitre-attack-t1558.004 author: ANosir date: 2025-05-22 modified: 2025-07-04 logsource: product: windows service: security detection: selection: EventID: 4768 TicketEncryptionType: '0x17' ServiceName: krbtgt PreAuthType: 0 condition: selection falsepositives: - Legacy systems or applications that legitimately use RC4 encryption - Misconfigured accounts with pre-authentication disabled level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the enumeration of other remote systems.. Logsource: macos / process_creation. Rule: title: Macos Remote System Discovery id: 10227522-8429-47e6-a301-f2b2d014e7ad status: test description: Detects the enumeration of other remote systems. references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1018/T1018.md author: Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community date: 2020-10-22 modified: 2021-11-27 tags: - attack.discovery - attack.t1018 logsource: category: process_creation product: macos detection: selection_1: Image|endswith: /arp CommandLine|contains: -a selection_2: Image|endswith: /ping CommandLine|contains: - ' 10.' - ' 192.168.' - ' 172.16.' - ' 172.17.' - ' 172.18.' - ' 172.19.' - ' 172.20.' - ' 172.21.' - ' 172.22.' - ' 172.23.' - ' 172.24.' - ' 172.25.' - ' 172.26.' - ' 172.27.' - ' 172.28.' - ' 172.29.' - ' 172.30.' - ' 172.31.' - ' 127.' - ' 169.254.' condition: 1 of selection* falsepositives: - Legitimate administration activities level: informational
Query: risk of A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in cchetanonline WP-CopyProtect up to 3.0.0. This vulnerability affects the function CopyProtect_options_page of the file wp-cop
Matching passage: CVE-2015-10118. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 6.099999904632568. A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in cchetanonline WP-CopyProtect up to 3.0.0. This vulnerability affects the function CopyProtect_options_page of the file wp-copyprotect.php. The manipulation of the argument CopyProtect_nrc_text leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 3.1.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8b8fe4102886b326330dc1ff06b17313fb10aee5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-231202 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-9378. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 6.099999904632568. iThemes Builder Theme Market before 5.1.27 for WordPress has XSS via add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg().
Query: risk of HP Asset Manager 9.40 and 9.41 before 9.41.11103 P4-rev1 and 9.50 before 9.50.11925 P3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5448. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 2.0999999046325684. HP Asset Manager 9.40 and 9.41 before 9.41.11103 P4-rev1 and 9.50 before 9.50.11925 P3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7915. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. Sauter EY-WS505F0x0 moduWeb Vision before 1.6.0 sends cleartext credentials, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Query: vulnerability: Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4017. CWE: CWE-295. CVSS: 7.5. Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7826. CWE: CWE-295. CVSS: 9.800000190734863. botan 1.11.x before 1.11.22 improperly handles wildcard matching against hostnames, which might allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a valid X.509 certificate, as demonstrated by accepting *.example.com as a match for bar.foo.example.com.
Query: containment actions for Encoded PowerShell / command-line abuse matching Archive via Library
Matching passage: Playbook for T1560.002 Archive via Library. 1) Validate alert telemetry against T1560.002. 2) Scope affected hosts and accounts. 3) Contain by isolating endpoint / disabling account if confirmed. 4) Hunt for related tactics: collection. 5) Eradicate persistence and recover. Reference detection notes: An adversary may compress or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration using 3rd party libraries. Many libraries exist that can archive data, including [Python](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/006) rarfile (Citation: PyPI RAR), libzip (Citation: libzip), and zlib (Citation: Zlib Github). Most libraries include functionality to encrypt and/or compress data. Some archival librar
Near-miss passage: Playbook for T1560 Archive Collected Data. Different response path focused on collection.
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-5017
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5017. CWE: CWE-284. CVSS: 5.400000095367432. IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13, 7.5.0 before 7.5.0.8 IFIX005, and 7.6.0 before 7.6.0.2 IFIX002; Maximo Asset Management 7.5.0 before 7.5.0.8 IFIX005, 7.5.1, and 7.6.0 before 7.6.0.2 IFIX002 for SmartCloud Control Desk; and Maximo Asset Management 7.1 through 7.1.1.13 and 7.2 for Tivoli IT Asset Management for IT and certain other products allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and establish a login session by entering an expired password.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-9236. CWE: CWE-284. CVSS: 5.300000190734863. Hapi versions less than 11.0.0 implement CORS incorrectly and allowed for configurations that at best returned inconsistent headers and at worst allowed cross-origin activities that were expected to be forbidden. If the connection has CORS enabled but one route has it off, and the route is not GET, the OPTIONS prefetch request will return the default CORS headers and then the actual request will go through and return no CORS headers. This defeats the purpose of turning CORS on the route.
Query: detect Detects attempts of decoding encoded Gzip archives via PowerShell. in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects attempts of decoding encoded Gzip archives via PowerShell.. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Gzip Archive Decode Via PowerShell id: 98767d61-b2e8-4d71-b661-e36783ee24c1 status: test description: Detects attempts of decoding encoded Gzip archives via PowerShell. references: - https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/onenote-growing-threat-malware-distribution author: Hieu Tran date: 2023-03-13 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1132.001 logsource: product: windows category: process_creation detection: selection: CommandLine|contains|all: - GZipStream - ::Decompress condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate administrative scripts may use this functionality. Use "ParentImage" in combination with the script names and allowed users and applications to filter legitimate executions level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects if the push protection feature is disabled for an organization, enterprise, repositories or custom pattern rules. Logsource: github / audit. Rule: title: Github Push Protection Disabled id: ccd55945-badd-4bae-936b-823a735d37dd status: test description: Detects if the push protection feature is disabled for an organization, enterprise, repositories or custom pattern rules. references: - https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/code-security/secret-scanning/push-protection-for-repositories-and-organizations - https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/github-rolls-out-default-secret.html author: Muhammad Faisal (@faisalusuf) date: 2024-03-07 tags: - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1685 logsource: product: github service: audit definition: 'Requirements: The audit log streaming feature must be enabled to be able to receive such logs. You can enable following the documentation here: https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/monitoring-activity-in-your-enterprise/reviewing-audit-logs-for-your-enterprise/streaming-the-audit-log-for-your-enterprise#setting-up-audit-log-streaming' detection: selection: action: - business_secret_scanning_custom_pattern_push_protection.disabled - business_secret_scanning_push_protection.disable - business_secret_scanning_push_protection.disabled_for_new_repos - org.secret_scanning_custom_pattern_push_protection_disabled - org.secret_scanning_push_protection_disable - org.secret_scanning_push_protection_new_repos_disable - repository_secret_scanning_custom_pattern_push_protection.disabled condition: selection falsepositives: - Allowed administrative activities. level: high
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-1324
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1324. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of permissions when generating core dumps for setuid binaries.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2871. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 7.5. Chiyu BF-660C fingerprint access-control devices allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and (1) read or (2) modify communication configuration settings via a request to net.htm, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5618.
Query: describe CVE-2015-2827
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2827. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 3.5. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CA Spectrum 9.2.x and 9.3.x before 9.3 H02 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-7459. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 5.400000095367432. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Connections 3.0.1.1 and earlier, 4.0, 4.5, and 5.0 before CR4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. IBM X-Force ID: 108355.
Query: SOC alert related to Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
Matching passage: T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may abuse specific file formats to subvert Mark-of-the-Web (MOTW) controls. In Windows, when files are downloaded from the Internet, they are tagged with a hidden NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) named <code>Zone.Identifier</code> with a specific value known as the MOTW.(Citation: Microsoft Zone.Identifier 2020) Files that are tagged with MOTW are protected and cannot perform certain actions. For example, starting in MS Office 10, if a MS Office file has the MOTW, it will open in Protected View. Executables tagged with the MOTW will be processed by Windows Defender SmartScreen that compares files with an allowlist of well-known executables. If the file is not known/trusted, SmartScreen will prevent the execution and warn the user not to run it.(Citation: Beek Use of VHD Dec 2020)(Citation: Outflank MotW 2020)(Citation: Intezer Russian APT Dec 2020) Adversaries may abuse container files such as compressed/archive (.arj, .gzip) and/or disk image (.iso, .vhd) file formats to deliver malicious payloads that may not be tagged with MOTW. Container files downloaded from the Internet will be marked with MOTW but the files within may not inherit the MOTW after the container files are extracted and/or mounted. MOTW is a NTFS feature and many container files do not support NTFS alternative data streams. After a container file is extracted and/or mounted, the files contained within them may be treated as local files on disk and run without protections.(Citation: Beek Use of VHD Dec 2020)(Citation: Outflank MotW 2020)
Near-miss passage: T1553 Subvert Trust Controls. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may undermine security controls that will either warn users of untrusted activity or prevent execution of untrusted programs. Operating systems and security products may contain mechanisms to identify programs or websites as possessing some level of trust. Examples of such features would include a program being allowed to run because it is signed by a valid code signing certificate, a program prompting the user with a warning because it has an attribute set from being downloaded from the Internet, or getting an indication that you are about to connect to an untrusted site. Adversaries may attempt to subvert these trust mechanisms. The method adversaries use will depend on the specific mechanism they seek to subvert. Adversaries may conduct [File and Directory Permissions Modification](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1222) or [Modify Registry](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1112) in support of subverting these controls.(Citation: SpectorOps Subverting Trust Sept 2017) Adversaries may also create or steal code signing certificates to acquire trust on target systems.(Citation: Securelist Digital Certificates)(Citation: Symantec Digital Certificates)
Query: risk of Unspecified vulnerability in HP Easy Deploy, as distributed standalone and in HP Easy Tools before 3.0.1.1650, on HP Thin Client t5540, t5740, and t5740e devices and HP Flexible Th
Matching passage: CVE-2015-2112. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 9.0. Unspecified vulnerability in HP Easy Deploy, as distributed standalone and in HP Easy Tools before 3.0.1.1650, on HP Thin Client t5540, t5740, and t5740e devices and HP Flexible Thin Client t510, t520, t610, t620, and t820 devices allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0341. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 10.0. Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.277 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.134 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.451 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0342.
Query: Sigma YAML for windows / security
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects Obfuscated use of Clip.exe to execute PowerShell. Logsource: windows / security. Rule: title: Invoke-Obfuscation CLIP+ Launcher - Security id: 4edf51e1-cb83-4e1a-bc39-800e396068e3 related: - id: f7385ee2-0e0c-11eb-adc1-0242ac120002 type: derived status: test description: Detects Obfuscated use of Clip.exe to execute PowerShell references: - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/issues/1009 author: Jonathan Cheong, oscd.community date: 2020-10-13 modified: 2022-11-27 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1027 - attack.execution - attack.t1059.001 logsource: product: windows service: security definition: The 'System Security Extension' audit subcategory need to be enabled to log the EID 4697 detection: selection: EventID: 4697 ServiceFileName|contains|all: - cmd - '&&' - 'clipboard]::' condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects email exfiltration via powershell cmdlets. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Email Exifiltration Via Powershell id: 312d0384-401c-4b8b-abdf-685ffba9a332 status: test description: Detects email exfiltration via powershell cmdlets references: - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/09/07/profiling-dev-0270-phosphorus-ransomware-operations/ - https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/7e6aa438e254d468feec061618a7877aa528ee9f/Hunting%20Queries/Microsoft%20365%20Defender/Ransomware/DEV-0270/Email%20data%20exfiltration%20via%20PowerShell.yaml author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Azure-Sentinel (idea) date: 2022-09-09 tags: - attack.exfiltration logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: Image|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe CommandLine|contains|all: - Add-PSSnapin - Get-Recipient - -ExpandProperty - EmailAddresses - SmtpAddress - -hidetableheaders condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high