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Disable Windows IIS HTTP Logging

Severity
high
Author
frack113
Source
upstream

Disables HTTP logging on a Windows IIS web server as seen by Threat Group 3390 (Bronze Union)

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Defense EvasionT1562.002 Impair Defenses: Disable Windows Event Logging

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: all of selection_img

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

Stage 2: all of selection_cli

CommandLine|contains: config
CommandLine|contains: 'dontLog:true'
CommandLine|contains: 'section:httplogging'
CommandLine|contains: set

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
  • config corpus 8 (sigma 8)
  • dontLog:true
  • section:httplogging
  • set corpus 7 (sigma 7)
Imageends_with
  • \appcmd.exe corpus 4 (sigma 4)
OriginalFileNameeq
  • appcmd.exe corpus 4 (sigma 4)