alirezaaminzadeh/secembed-pairs huggingface dataset:
Query: command and control using Steganography
Matching passage: T1001.002 Steganography. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may use steganographic techniques to hide command and control traffic to make detection efforts more difficult. Steganographic techniques can be used to hide data in digital messages that are transferred between systems. This hidden information can be used for command and control of compromised systems. In some cases, the passing of files embedded using steganography, such as image or document files, can be used for command and control.
Near-miss passage: T1001.001 Junk Data. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.(Citation: FireEye SUNBURST Backdoor December 2020) By adding random or meaningless data to the protocols used for command and control, adversaries can prevent trivial methods for decoding, deciphering, or otherwise analyzing the traffic. Examples may include appending/prepending data with junk characters or writing junk characters between significant characters.
Query: describe CVE-2015-6525
Matching passage: CVE-2015-6525. CWE: CWE-189. CVSS: 7.5. Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 2.0.x before 2.0.22 and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via "insanely large inputs" to the (1) evbuffer_add, (2) evbuffer_prepend, (3) evbuffer_expand, (4) exbuffer_reserve_space, or (5) evbuffer_read function, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an infinite loop. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2014-6272 per ADT3 due to different affected versions.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4496. CWE: CWE-189. CVSS: 9.300000190734863. Multiple integer overflows in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sample metadata in an MPEG-4 video file, a related issue to CVE-2015-1538.
Query: risk of Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0
Matching passage: CVE-2015-8642. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 8.800000190734863. Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, and CVE-2015-8650.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-4775. 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-2015-4776, CVE-2015-4777, CVE-2015-4778, 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: secure coding against Exposure of Sensitive System Information Due to Uncleared Debug Information
Matching passage: CWE-1258 Exposure of Sensitive System Information Due to Uncleared Debug Information. The hardware does not fully clear security-sensitive values, such as keys and intermediate values in cryptographic operations, when debug mode is entered.
Near-miss passage: CWE-1060 Excessive Number of Inefficient Server-Side Data Accesses. The product performs too many data queries without using efficient data processing functionality such as stored procedures.
Query: alert when An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, Amm
Matching passage: Sigma rule: An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, Amm. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Remote Access Tool - AnyDesk Execution id: b52e84a3-029e-4529-b09b-71d19dd27e94 status: test related: - id: 065b00ca-5d5c-4557-ac95-64a6d0b64d86 type: similar description: 'An adversary may use legitimate desktop support and remote access software, such as Team Viewer, Go2Assist, LogMein, AmmyyAdmin, etc, to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. These services are commonly used as legitimate technical support software, and may be allowed by application control within a target environment. Remote access tools like VNC, Ammyy, and Teamviewer are used frequently when compared with other legitimate software commonly used by adversaries. (Citation: Symantec Living off the Land) ' references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1219/T1219.md#atomic-test-2---anydesk-files-detected-test-on-windows - https://thedfirreport.com/2025/02/24/confluence-exploit-leads-to-lockbit-ransomware/ author: frack113 date: 2022-02-11 modified: 2025-02-24 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1219.002 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: - Image|endswith: - \AnyDesk.exe - \AnyDeskMSI.exe - Description: AnyDesk - Product: AnyDesk - Company: AnyDesk Software GmbH condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate use level: medium
Near-miss 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
Query: detect Detects the creation of a remote thread from a Powershell process in an uncommon target process in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the creation of a remote thread from a Powershell process in an uncommon target process. Logsource: windows / create_remote_thread. Rule: title: Remote Thread Creation Via PowerShell In Uncommon Target id: 99b97608-3e21-4bfe-8217-2a127c396a0e related: - id: eeb2e3dc-c1f4-40dd-9bd5-149ee465ad50 type: similar status: test description: Detects the creation of a remote thread from a Powershell process in an uncommon target process references: - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/06/bring-your-own-land-novel-red-teaming-technique.html author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2018-06-25 modified: 2023-11-10 tags: - attack.execution - attack.stealth - attack.t1218.011 - attack.t1059.001 logsource: product: windows category: create_remote_thread detection: selection: SourceImage|endswith: - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe TargetImage|endswith: - \rundll32.exe - \regsvr32.exe condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects DNS query requests to Devtunnels domains. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persi. Logsource: windows / dns_query. Rule: title: DNS Query To Devtunnels Domain id: 1cb0c6ce-3d00-44fc-ab9c-6d6d577bf20b related: - id: 9501f8e6-8e3d-48fc-a8a6-1089dd5d7ef4 type: similar - id: 4b657234-038e-4ad5-997c-4be42340bce4 type: similar - id: b3e6418f-7c7a-4fad-993a-93b65027a9f1 type: similar status: test description: 'Detects DNS query requests to Devtunnels domains. Attackers can abuse that feature to establish a reverse shell or persistence on a machine. ' references: - https://blueteamops.medium.com/detecting-dev-tunnels-16f0994dc3e2 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/dev-tunnels/security - https://cydefops.com/devtunnels-unleashed author: citron_ninja date: 2023-10-25 modified: 2023-11-20 tags: - attack.command-and-control - attack.t1071.001 - attack.t1572 logsource: category: dns_query product: windows detection: selection: QueryName|endswith: .devtunnels.ms condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate use of Devtunnels will also trigger this. level: medium
Query: alert when Detects usage of system utilities to discover files and directories
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects usage of system utilities to discover files and directories. Logsource: macos / process_creation. Rule: title: File and Directory Discovery - MacOS id: 089dbdf6-b960-4bcc-90e3-ffc3480c20f6 status: test description: Detects usage of system utilities to discover files and directories references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1083/T1083.md author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community date: 2020-10-19 modified: 2022-11-25 tags: - attack.discovery - attack.t1083 logsource: category: process_creation product: macos detection: select_file_with_asterisk: Image: /usr/bin/file CommandLine|re: (.){200,} select_recursive_ls: Image: /bin/ls CommandLine|contains: -R select_find_execution: Image: /usr/bin/find select_mdfind_execution: Image: /usr/bin/mdfind select_tree_execution|endswith: Image: /tree condition: 1 of select* falsepositives: - Legitimate activities level: informational
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: This detection uses azureactivity logs (Administrative category) to identify the creation or update of a server instance. Logsource: azure / activitylogs. Rule: title: Azure Active Directory Hybrid Health AD FS New Server id: 288a39fc-4914-4831-9ada-270e9dc12cb4 status: test description: 'This detection uses azureactivity logs (Administrative category) to identify the creation or update of a server instance in an Azure AD Hybrid health AD FS service. A threat actor can create a new AD Health ADFS service and create a fake server instance to spoof AD FS signing logs. There is no need to compromise an on-prem AD FS server. This can be done programmatically via HTTP requests to Azure. ' references: - https://o365blog.com/post/hybridhealthagent/ author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research), MSTIC date: 2021-08-26 modified: 2023-10-11 tags: - attack.defense-impairment - attack.t1578 logsource: product: azure service: activitylogs detection: selection: CategoryValue: Administrative ResourceProviderValue: Microsoft.ADHybridHealthService ResourceId|contains: AdFederationService OperationNameValue: Microsoft.ADHybridHealthService/services/servicemembers/action condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate AD FS servers added to an AAD Health AD FS service instance level: medium
Query: exploit The lesson module in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5264. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 5.400000095367432. The lesson module in Moodle through 2.6.11, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, and 2.9.x before 2.9.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and enter additional answer attempts by leveraging the student role.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-3246. CWE: CWE-264. CVSS: 7.199999809265137. libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.
Query: risk of 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
Matching passage: CVE-2015-8055. 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-2015-8056, 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-2015-8403, 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-2015-8789. CWE: UNKNOWN. CVSS: 9.600000381469727. Use-after-free vulnerability in the EbmlMaster::Read function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via a "deeply nested element with infinite size" followed by another element of an upper level in an EBML document.
Query: risk of bindings/scripts/v8_types.py in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130, does not properly select a creation context for a return value's DOM wrapper, which allows rem
Matching passage: CVE-2015-1268. CWE: CWE-254. CVSS: 5.0. bindings/scripts/v8_types.py in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130, does not properly select a creation context for a return value's DOM wrapper, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by use of a data: URL.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-1297. CWE: CWE-254. CVSS: 7.5. The WebRequest API implementation in extensions/browser/api/web_request/web_request_api.cc in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85 does not properly consider a request's source before accepting the request, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted (1) app or (2) extension.
Query: detect Detects failed AWS console login attempts due to authentication failures. Monitoring these events is crucial for identif in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects failed AWS console login attempts due to authentication failures. Monitoring these events is crucial for identif. Logsource: aws / cloudtrail. Rule: title: AWS ConsoleLogin Failed Authentication id: 6393e346-1977-46ef-8987-ad414a145fad status: experimental description: 'Detects failed AWS console login attempts due to authentication failures. Monitoring these events is crucial for identifying potential brute-force attacks or unauthorized access attempts to AWS accounts. ' references: - https://naikordian.github.io/blog/posts/brute-force-aws-console/ - https://help.fortinet.com/fsiem/Public_Resource_Access/7_2_1/rules/PH_RULE_AWS_Management_Console_Brute_Force_of_Root_User_Identity.htm - https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1110.001/aws_login_failure/aws_cloudtrail_events.json author: Ivan Saakov, Nasreddine Bencherchali date: 2025-10-19 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.t1110 logsource: product: aws service: cloudtrail detection: selection: eventName: ConsoleLogin errorMessage: Failed authentication condition: selection falsepositives: - Legitimate failed login attempts by authorized users. Investigate the source of repeated failed login attempts. level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects changes to the "ServiceDLL" value related to a service in the registry. This is often used as a method of persis. Logsource: windows / registry_set. Rule: title: ServiceDll Hijack id: 612e47e9-8a59-43a6-b404-f48683f45bd6 status: test description: 'Detects changes to the "ServiceDLL" value related to a service in the registry. This is often used as a method of persistence. ' references: - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1543.003/T1543.003.md#atomic-test-4---tinyturla-backdoor-service-w64time - https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2013/09/19/beyond-good-ol-run-key-part-4/ author: frack113 date: 2022-02-04 modified: 2024-04-03 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.t1543.003 logsource: category: registry_set product: windows detection: selection: TargetObject|contains|all: - \System\ - ControlSet - \Services\ TargetObject|endswith: \Parameters\ServiceDll filter_main_printextensionmanger: Details: C:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\x64\3\PrintConfig.dll filter_main_domain_controller: Image: C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe TargetObject|endswith: \Services\NTDS\Parameters\ServiceDll Details: '%%systemroot%%\system32\ntdsa.dll' filter_main_poqexec: Image: C:\Windows\System32\poqexec.exe filter_optional_safetica: Image|endswith: \regsvr32.exe Details: C:\Windows\System32\STAgent.dll condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - Administrative scripts - Installation of a service level: medium
Query: telemetry for T1220
Matching passage: T1220 XSL Script Processing. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may bypass application control and obscure execution of code by embedding scripts inside XSL files. Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) files are commonly used to describe the processing and rendering of data within XML files. To support complex operations, the XSL standard includes support for embedded scripting in various languages. (Citation: Microsoft XSLT Script Mar 2017) Adversaries may abuse this functionality to execute arbitrary files while potentially bypassing application control. Similar to [Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127), the Microsoft common line transformation utility binary (msxsl.exe) (Citation: Microsoft msxsl.exe) can be installed and used to execute malicious JavaScript embedded within local or remote (URL referenced) XSL files. (Citation: Penetration Testing Lab MSXSL July 2017) Since msxsl.exe is not installed by default, an adversary will likely need to package it with dropped files. (Citation: Reaqta MSXSL Spearphishing MAR 2018) Msxsl.exe takes two main arguments, an XML source file and an XSL stylesheet. Since the XSL file is valid XML, the adversary may call the same XSL file twice. When using msxsl.exe adversaries may also give the XML/XSL files an arbitrary file extension.(Citation: XSL Bypass Mar 2019) Command-line examples:(Citation: Penetration Testing Lab MSXSL July 2017)(Citation: XSL Bypass Mar 2019) * <code>msxsl.exe customers[.]xml script[.]xsl</code> * <code>msxsl.exe script[.]xsl script[.]xsl</code> * <code>msxsl.exe script[.]jpeg script[.]jpeg</code> Another variation of this technique, dubbed “Squiblytwo”, involves using [Windows Management Instrumentation](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047) to invoke JScript or VBScript within an XSL file.(Citation: LOLBAS Wmic) This technique can also execute local/remote scripts and, similar to its [Regsvr32](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/010)/ "Squiblydoo" counterpart, leverages a trusted, built-in W
Near-miss passage: T1055 Process Injection. Tactics: stealth, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may inject code into processes in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges. Process injection is a method of executing arbitrary code in the address space of a separate live process. Running code in the context of another process may allow access to the process's memory, system/network resources, and possibly elevated privileges. Execution via process injection may also evade detection from security products since the execution is masked under a legitimate process. There are many different ways to inject code into a process, many of which abuse legitimate functionalities. These implementations exist for every major OS but are typically platform specific. More sophisticated samples may perform multiple process injections to segment modules and further evade detection, utilizing named pipes or other inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms as a communication channel.
Query: vulnerability: The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a c
Matching passage: CVE-2015-5163. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 3.5. The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted backing file for a qcow2 image.
Near-miss passage: CVE-2015-6135. CWE: CWE-200. CVSS: 5.0. The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability."