alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: intelligence brief on T1110
Matching passage: T1110 Brute Force. Tactics: credential access. Description: Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained.(Citation: TrendMicro Pawn Storm Dec 2020) Without knowledge of the password for an account or set of accounts, an adversary may systematically guess the password using a repetitive or iterative mechanism.(Citation: Dragos Crashoverride 2018) Brute forcing passwords can take place via interaction with a service that will check the validity of those credentials or offline against previously acquired credential data, such as password hashes. Brute forcing credentials may take place at various points during a breach. For example, adversaries may attempt to brute force access to [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) within a victim environment leveraging knowledge gathered from other post-compromise behaviors such as [OS Credential Dumping](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003), [Account Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087), or [Password Policy Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1201). Adversaries may also combine brute forcing activity with behaviors such as [External Remote Services](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1133) as part of Initial Access. If an adversary guesses the correct password but fails to login to a compromised account due to location-based conditional access policies, they may change their infrastructure until they match the victim’s location and therefore bypass those policies.(Citation: ReliaQuest Health Care Social Engineering Campaign 2024)
Near-miss passage: T1110.002 Password Cracking. Tactics: credential access. Description: Adversaries may use password cracking to attempt to recover usable credentials, such as plaintext passwords, when credential material such as password hashes are obtained. [OS Credential Dumping](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003) can be used to obtain password hashes, this may only get an adversary so far when [Pass the Hash](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1550/002) is not an option. Further, adversaries may leverage [Data from Configuration Repository](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1602) in order to obtain hashed credentials for network devices.(Citation: US-CERT-TA18-106A) Techniques to systematically guess the passwords used to compute hashes are available, or the adversary may use a pre-computed rainbow table to crack hashes. Cracking hashes is usually done on adversary-controlled systems outside of the target network.(Citation: Wikipedia Password cracking) The resulting plaintext password resulting from a successfully cracked hash may be used to log into systems, resources, and services in which the account has access.
Query: rule covering Detects password change for the logged-on user's via "ksetup.exe"
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects password change for the logged-on user's via "ksetup.exe". Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Logged-On User Password Change Via Ksetup.EXE id: c9783e20-4793-4164-ba96-d9ee483992c4 status: test description: Detects password change for the logged-on user's via "ksetup.exe" references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ksetup author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-04-06 tags: - attack.execution logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \ksetup.exe - OriginalFileName: ksetup.exe selection_cli: CommandLine|contains: ' /ChangePassword ' condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects the modification of Outlook setting "LoadMacroProviderOnBoot" which if enabled allows the automatic loading of a. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: Potential Persistence Via Outlook LoadMacroProviderOnBoot Setting id: 396ae3eb-4174-4b9b-880e-dc0364d78a19 status: test description: Detects the modification of Outlook setting "LoadMacroProviderOnBoot" which if enabled allows the automatic loading of any configured VBA project/module references: - https://speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-persistence-via-microsoft-exchange-server-or-outlook?slide=53 - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/outlook-backdoor-using-vba-samir-b-/ author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2021-04-05 modified: 2023-08-17 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1137 - attack.t1008 - attack.t1546 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection: TargetObject|endswith: \Outlook\LoadMacroProviderOnBoot Details|contains: '0x00000001' condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Query: describe CVE-2015-0293
Matching passage: CVE-2015-0293. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 5.0. The SSLv2 implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (s2_lib.c assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted CLIENT-MASTER-KEY message.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0636. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 7.800000190734863. The Autonomic Networking Infrastructure (ANI) implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2, 12.4, 15.0, 15.2, 15.3, and 15.4 and IOS XE 3.10.xS through 3.13.xS before 3.13.1S allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted domain access) via spoofed AN messages that reset a finite state machine, aka Bug ID CSCup62293.
Query: write Sigma for Detect usage of the "ssh.exe" binary as a proxy to launch other programs.
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detect usage of the "ssh.exe" binary as a proxy to launch other programs.. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Program Executed Using Proxy/Local Command Via SSH.EXE id: 7d6d30b8-5b91-4b90-a891-46cccaf29598 status: test description: Detect usage of the "ssh.exe" binary as a proxy to launch other programs. references: - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Ssh/ - https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/pull/211/files - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/ssh/ - https://man.openbsd.org/ssh_config#ProxyCommand - https://man.openbsd.org/ssh_config#LocalCommand author: frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali date: 2022-12-29 modified: 2025-10-16 tags: - attack.stealth - attack.t1218 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_parent: ParentImage: C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\sshd.exe selection_cli_img: - Image|endswith: \ssh.exe - Product: OpenSSH for Windows - Hashes|contains: - IMPHASH=55b4964d29aad5438b9e950052dbbbc0 - IMPHASH=334d66c33503ccbf647c15b47c27eef4 - IMPHASH=27b0da080ef92afb37983d30d839141e - IMPHASH=977eb4c263d384e47daa0712d34713ab - IMPHASH=3eaadce9ae43d5a918bb082065815c3b - IMPHASH=980fe6cf0d996ab1eedf877222e722aa - IMPHASH=5f959422308ac3d721010d66647e100e - IMPHASH=a49aaa3d03d1cd9c8dc7fca60f7f480b - IMPHASH=dd335f759b6d5d6a8382b71dd9d65791 selection_cli_flags: - CommandLine|contains: ProxyCommand= - CommandLine|contains|all: - PermitLocalCommand=yes - ' LocalCommand' condition: selection_parent or all of selection_cli_* falsepositives: - Legitimate usage for administration purposes level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects creation of files with the ".pub" extension in suspicious or uncommon locations. This could be a sign of attacke. Logsource: windows / file_event. Rule: title: Publisher Attachment File Dropped In Suspicious Location id: 3d2a2d59-929c-4b78-8c1a-145dfe9e07b1 status: test description: Detects creation of files with the ".pub" extension in suspicious or uncommon locations. This could be a sign of attackers abusing Publisher documents references: - https://twitter.com/EmericNasi/status/1623224526220804098 author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-02-08 tags: - attack.stealth logsource: category: file_event product: windows detection: selection: TargetFilename|contains: - \AppData\Local\Temp\ - \Users\Public\ - \Windows\Temp\ - C:\Temp\ TargetFilename|endswith: .pub condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate usage of ".pub" files from those locations level: medium
Query: patch priority for CVE-2015-6518
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6518. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpLiteAdmin 1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, (2) droptable parameter, or (3) table parameter to phpliteadmin.php.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-1812. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.606 and LTS before 1.596.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1813.
Query: telemetry for T1071
Matching passage: T1071 Application Layer Protocol. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may communicate using OSI 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. Adversaries may utilize many different protocols, including those used for web browsing, transferring files, electronic mail, DNS, or publishing/subscribing. For connections that occur internally within an enclave (such as those between a proxy or pivot node and other nodes), commonly used protocols are SMB, SSH, or RDP.(Citation: Mandiant APT29 Eye Spy Email Nov 22)
Near-miss 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.
Query: adversary uses Stripped Payloads
Matching passage: T1027.008 Stripped Payloads. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may attempt to make a payload difficult to analyze by removing symbols, strings, and other human readable information. Scripts and executables may contain variables names and other strings that help developers document code functionality. Symbols are often created by an operating system’s `linker` when executable payloads are compiled. Reverse engineers use these symbols and strings to analyze code and to identify functionality in payloads.(Citation: Mandiant golang stripped binaries explanation)(Citation: intezer stripped binaries elf files 2018) Adversaries may use stripped payloads in order to make malware analysis more difficult. For example, compilers and other tools may provide features to remove or obfuscate strings and symbols. Adversaries have also used stripped payload formats, such as run-only AppleScripts, a compiled and stripped version of [AppleScript](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/002), to evade detection and analysis. The lack of human-readable information may directly hinder detection and analysis of payloads.(Citation: SentinelLabs reversing run-only applescripts 2021)
Near-miss passage: T1027.006 HTML Smuggling. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may smuggle data and files past content filters by hiding malicious payloads inside of seemingly benign HTML files. HTML documents can store large binary objects known as JavaScript Blobs (immutable data that represents raw bytes) that can later be constructed into file-like objects. Data may also be stored in Data URLs, which enable embedding media type or MIME files inline of HTML documents. HTML5 also introduced a download attribute that may be used to initiate file downloads.(Citation: HTML Smuggling Menlo Security 2020)(Citation: Outlflank HTML Smuggling 2018) Adversaries may deliver payloads to victims that bypass security controls through HTML Smuggling by abusing JavaScript Blobs and/or HTML5 download attributes. Security controls such as web content filters may not identify smuggled malicious files inside of HTML/JS files, as the content may be based on typically benign MIME types such as <code>text/plain</code> and/or <code>text/html</code>. Malicious files or data can be obfuscated and hidden inside of HTML files through Data URLs and/or JavaScript Blobs and can be deobfuscated when they reach the victim (i.e. [Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1140)), potentially bypassing content filters. For example, JavaScript Blobs can be abused to dynamically generate malicious files in the victim machine and may be dropped to disk by abusing JavaScript functions such as <code>msSaveBlob</code>.(Citation: HTML Smuggling Menlo Security 2020)(Citation: MSTIC NOBELIUM May 2021)(Citation: Outlflank HTML Smuggling 2018)(Citation: nccgroup Smuggling HTA 2017)
Query: threat report mentioning Re-opened Applications
Matching passage: T1547.007 Re-opened Applications. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may modify plist files to automatically run an application when a user logs in. When a user logs out or restarts via the macOS Graphical User Interface (GUI), a prompt is provided to the user with a checkbox to "Reopen windows when logging back in".(Citation: Re-Open windows on Mac) When selected, all applications currently open are added to a property list file named <code>com.apple.loginwindow.[UUID].plist</code> within the <code>~/Library/Preferences/ByHost</code> directory.(Citation: Methods of Mac Malware Persistence)(Citation: Wardle Persistence Chapter) Applications listed in this file are automatically reopened upon the user’s next logon. Adversaries can establish [Persistence](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003) by adding a malicious application path to the <code>com.apple.loginwindow.[UUID].plist</code> file to execute payloads when a user logs in.
Near-miss passage: T1547.005 Security Support Provider. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may abuse security support providers (SSPs) to execute DLLs when the system boots. Windows SSP DLLs are loaded into the Local Security Authority (LSA) process at system start. Once loaded into the LSA, SSP DLLs have access to encrypted and plaintext passwords that are stored in Windows, such as any logged-on user's Domain password or smart card PINs. The SSP configuration is stored in two Registry keys: <code>HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\Security Packages</code> and <code>HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\OSConfig\Security Packages</code>. An adversary may modify these Registry keys to add new SSPs, which will be loaded the next time the system boots, or when the AddSecurityPackage Windows API function is called.(Citation: Graeber 2014)
Query: risk of Cisco WebEx Meeting Center places a meeting's access number in a URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and bypass intended attendance restrictions by v
Matching passage: CVE-2015-4207. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 5.0. Cisco WebEx Meeting Center places a meeting's access number in a URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and bypass intended attendance restrictions by visiting a meeting-registration page, aka Bug ID CSCus62147.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-0271. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 4.0. The log-viewing function in the Red Hat redhat-access-plugin before 6.0.3 for OpenStack Dashboard (horizon) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted path.
Query: CWE for Violation of Secure Design Principles
Matching passage: CWE-657 Violation of Secure Design Principles. The product violates well-established principles for secure design.
Near-miss passage: CWE-114 Process Control. Executing commands or loading libraries from an untrusted source or in an untrusted environment can cause an application to execute malicious commands (and payloads) on behalf of an attacker.
Query: actor TTPs: Make and Impersonate Token
Matching passage: T1134.003 Make and Impersonate Token. Tactics: stealth, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may make new tokens and impersonate users to escalate privileges and bypass access controls. For example, if an adversary has a username and password but the user is not logged onto the system the adversary can then create a logon session for the user using the `LogonUser` function.(Citation: LogonUserW function) The function will return a copy of the new session's access token and the adversary can use `SetThreadToken` to assign the token to a thread. This behavior is distinct from [Token Impersonation/Theft](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/001) in that this refers to creating a new user token instead of stealing or duplicating an existing one.
Near-miss passage: T1134 Access Token Manipulation. Tactics: stealth, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may modify access tokens to operate under a different user or system security context to perform actions and bypass access controls. Windows uses access tokens to determine the ownership of a running process. A user can manipulate access tokens to make a running process appear as though it is the child of a different process or belongs to someone other than the user that started the process. When this occurs, the process also takes on the security context associated with the new token. An adversary can use built-in Windows API functions to copy access tokens from existing processes; this is known as token stealing. These token can then be applied to an existing process (i.e. [Token Impersonation/Theft](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/001)) or used to spawn a new process (i.e. [Create Process with Token](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/002)). An adversary must already be in a privileged user context (i.e. administrator) to steal a token. However, adversaries commonly use token stealing to elevate their security context from the administrator level to the SYSTEM level. An adversary can then use a token to authenticate to a remote system as the account for that token if the account has appropriate permissions on the remote system.(Citation: Pentestlab Token Manipulation) Any standard user can use the <code>runas</code> command, and the Windows API functions, to create impersonation tokens; it does not require access to an administrator account. There are also other mechanisms, such as Active Directory fields, that can be used to modify access tokens.
Query: explain CWE-124
Matching passage: CWE-124 Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow'). The product writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location prior to the beginning of the buffer.
Near-miss passage: CWE-781 Improper Address Validation in IOCTL with METHOD_NEITHER I/O Control Code. The product defines an IOCTL that uses METHOD_NEITHER for I/O, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates the addresses that are provided.
Query: detect Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using registry key manipulation of sdclt.exe (e.g. UACMe 53) in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using registry key manipulation of sdclt.exe (e.g. UACMe 53). Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: UAC Bypass via Sdclt id: 5b872a46-3b90-45c1-8419-f675db8053aa status: test description: Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using registry key manipulation of sdclt.exe (e.g. UACMe 53) references: - https://enigma0x3.net/2017/03/17/fileless-uac-bypass-using-sdclt-exe/ - https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME author: Omer Yampel, Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems) date: 2017-03-17 modified: 2023-08-17 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.t1548.002 - car.2019-04-001 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection1: TargetObject|endswith: Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command\isolatedCommand selection2: TargetObject|endswith: Software\Classes\Folder\shell\open\command\SymbolicLinkValue Details|re: -1[0-9]{3}\\Software\\Classes\\ condition: 1 of selection* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Ntvdm.exe allows the execution of 16-bit Windows applications on 32-bit Windows operating systems, as well as the execut. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Start of NT Virtual DOS Machine id: 16905e21-66ee-42fe-b256-1318ada2d770 status: test description: Ntvdm.exe allows the execution of 16-bit Windows applications on 32-bit Windows operating systems, as well as the execution of both 16-bit and 32-bit DOS applications references: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/ntvdm-and-16-bit-app-support - https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/topic/an-ms-dos-based-program-that-uses-the-ms-dos-protected-mode-interface-crashes-on-a-computer-that-is-running-windows-7-5dc739ea-987b-b458-15e4-d28d5cca63c7 - https://app.any.run/tasks/93fe92fa-8b2b-4d92-8c09-a841aed2e793/ - https://app.any.run/tasks/214094a7-0abc-4a7b-a564-1b757faed79d/ author: frack113 date: 2022-07-16 tags: - attack.stealth logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: Image|endswith: - \ntvdm.exe - \csrstub.exe condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate use level: medium
Query: risk of Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin page in the GD Infinite Scroll module before 7.x-1.4 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "edit gd infinite s
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1567. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 4.300000190734863. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin page in the GD Infinite Scroll module before 7.x-1.4 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "edit gd infinite scroll settings" permission to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-10072. CWE: CWE-79. CVSS: 6.099999904632568. A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NREL api-umbrella-web 0.7.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Flash Message Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 0.8.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is bcc0e922c61d30367678c8f17a435950969315cd. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220060.
Query: vulnerability: Apache Cordova Android before 3.7.2 and 4.x before 4.0.2, when an application does not set explicit values in config.xml, allows remote attackers to modify undefined secondary conf
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1835. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 5.300000190734863. Apache Cordova Android before 3.7.2 and 4.x before 4.0.2, when an application does not set explicit values in config.xml, allows remote attackers to modify undefined secondary configuration variables (preferences) via a crafted intent: URL.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-2672. CWE: CWE-20. CVSS: 5.5. The xsave/xrstor implementation in arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 creates certain .altinstr_replacement pointers and consequently does not provide any protection against instruction faulting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by triggering a fault, as demonstrated by an unaligned memory operand or a non-canonical address memory operand.