Detection rules › Sigma

Suspicious Download From Direct IP Via Bitsadmin

Severity
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects usage of bitsadmin downloading a file using an URL that contains an IP

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1197 BITS Jobs
Defense EvasionT1036.003 Masquerading: Rename Legitimate Utilities, T1197 BITS Jobs

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: all of selection_img

or:
Image|endswith: '\bitsadmin.exe'
OriginalFileName: bitsadmin.exe

Stage 2: all of selection_flags

or:
CommandLine|contains: ' /addfile '
CommandLine|contains: ' /create '
CommandLine|contains: ' /transfer '

Stage 3: all of selection_extension

or:
CommandLine|contains: '://1'
CommandLine|contains: '://2'
CommandLine|contains: '://3'
CommandLine|contains: '://4'
CommandLine|contains: '://5'
CommandLine|contains: '://6'
CommandLine|contains: '://7'
CommandLine|contains: '://8'
CommandLine|contains: '://9'

Stage 4: not 1 of filter_seven_zip

CommandLine|contains: '://7-'

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
CommandLinematch
  • /addfile corpus 5 (sigma 5)
  • /create corpus 14 (sigma 14)
  • /transfer corpus 5 (sigma 5)
  • ://1 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • ://2 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • ://3 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • ://4 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • ://5 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • ://6 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • ://7 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • ://7- corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • ://8 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
  • ://9 corpus 3 (sigma 3)
Imageends_with
  • \bitsadmin.exe corpus 23 (sigma 23)
OriginalFileNameeq
  • bitsadmin.exe corpus 9 (sigma 9)